accident report

Grounding of general cargo vessel

The UK Marine Accident Investigation Branch, issued an investigation report concerning the grounding of the cargo vessel Priscilla in Pentland Skerries, Pentland Firth, Scotland in 18 July 2018. Although the grounding caused significant hull damage, there was no pollution or injury.

The incident

The Netherlands-registered general cargo vessel Priscilla grounded on Pentland Skerries in the eastern entrance of Pentland Firth in Scotland at 04:43 on 18 July 2018. The grounding caused a substantial...

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Investigation for two-vessel collision at Laotieshan Channel

Transport Malta launched an investigation on the collision of two vessels, that took place on September 8 2018; The vessels both suffered structural damages, yet there were no injuries reported.

On September 8 2018, Adam Asnyk, general cargo vessel, was to enter the Laotieshan Channel Traffic Separation Scheme (TSS) from the West, in its voyage to Taicang. Given the traffic in the area, the second officer was on watch, while the third officer was acting as a lookout.

The vessel proceeded to...

https://safety4sea.com/investigation-for-two-vessel-collision-at-laotieshan-channel/

Crew unable to extinguish fire possibly due to lack of training

Norway’s Accident Investigation Board presents an accident report, where Astrid Sofie, fishing vessel, caught fire on November 28 2018. The investigation didn’t identify whether the lack of training was decisive for the situation.

Based on the vessel’s fire alarm, the fire was located in the workshop. The six crewmembers onboard the vessel tried to extinguish the fire. Yet, the fire developed very fast and resulted to the crew evacuating the vessel, boarding a nearby vessel that came to the...

https://safety4sea.com/crew-unable-to-extinguish-fire-possibly-due-to-lack-of-training/

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