A bulk carrier was in port. A safety and unloading meeting was held between the port production coordinator and the ship’s crew, and the stevedores began to discharge the cargo of coal. During the meeting, the Master pointed out that the vessel had enclosed ‘Australian’ hold access ladders (i.e. with intermediate platforms at certain points), so there was a risk of oxygen deficiency in these spaces. It was stated that stevedores should access the holds via the unenclosed straight ladders, which...