Casualties

USCG investigates allision on Calcasieu River Ship Channel

US Coast Guard Marine Safety Unit Lake Charles is carrying out a Marine Casualty Investigation in cooperation with the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Law Enforcement Division to determine the cause of June 3rd vessel allision with a dredge pipeline operating on the Calcasieu River Ship Channel near Hackberry, La. The incident led to one loss of life and one injury.

The US Coast Guard closed the Calcasieu River Ship Channel, from two miles south of lighted aid 78 to two miles...

https://safety4sea.com/uscg-investigates-allision-on-calcasieu-river-ship-channel/

Watch: Injured fisherman winched off Stornoway

The UK MCA issued a video depicting the rescue of an 18 year-old fisherman, who sustained a hand injury onboard his vessel, amid heavy seas on the evening of 2 July.

Just before 8.30pm Tuesday, HM Coastguard received a VHF radio broadcast from a fishing vessel with six people onboard 70nm north east of Stornoway, reporting that one of their crewmen had sustained a hand injury.

The Stornoway coastguard helicopter flew to the scene and winched the fisherman onboard amidst choppy seas.

He was...

https://safety4sea.com/watch-injured-fisherman-winched-off-stornoway/

Enclosed space design has to improve to avoid further deaths

InterManager conducted a survey focusing on the danger of enclosed spaces aboard vessels. InterManager published the results and the feedback of the survey to highlight the risks hiding in that sector of the shipping industry, while also alert the industry of the importance of eradicating these risks.

The survey was conducted in the timeframe of three months, while crew, representing more than 5,000 seafarers, from about 250 vessels provided feedback.

The Association aspires to make stakeholders...

https://safety4sea.com/enclosed-space-design-has-to-improve-to-avoid-further-deaths/

Poor lookout of Filipino fishers caused Recto Bank allision, says PCG

The Filipino fishing boat ‘F/B Gem-Vir I’ was hit by a Chinese vessel because the Filipino fishermen failed to maintain a proper lookout, said the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) following investigation of the incident that occurred on 9 June, off the West Philippine Sea, Recto Bank.

Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. revealed this information on Wednesday, during an interview with the ANC.

Citing the Coast Guard investigation report, he said almost everyone on the Filipino boat was...

https://safety4sea.com/poor-lookout-of-filipino-fishers-caused-recto-bank-allision-says-pcg/

27 dead as fishing vessel sinks off Honduras

A fishing vessel sank during bad weather on July 3, off Honduras’s northern coast. At least 27 fishermen lost their lives, according to Honduras’s military. In addition, nine people are still missing, while 55 others have been rescued.

Commenting on the incident, Jose Domingo Meza, a spokesperson for the military, noted that the vessel’s Capt. Waly started sailing during inappropriate weather for fishing, while the ship was lost at least 40 nautical miles offshore.

What is more, the Caribbean...

https://safety4sea.com/27-dead-as-fishing-vessel-sinks-off-honduras/

Fatal fall onboard pleasure yacht attributed to alcohol

Transport Malta MSIU issued an investigation report on a fatal fall onboard the pleasure yacht ‘La Polonia’, while moored at Porto Maurizio, Italy. On the morning of 4 July 2018, the chief stewardess was found lying on the floor of her cabin, unresponsive, with her legs on the stairs. The autopsy and toxicological reports indicated an elevated percentage of ethanol in her blood.

The incident

La Polonia was moored with her stern to the pier at berth no. 9, Porto Maurizio, in the province of...

https://safety4sea.com/fatal-fall-onboard-pleasure-yacht-attributed-to-alcohol/

Worker seriously injured after industrial accident at Irving Shipyard

On Tuesday, July 2, a worker suffered serious injuries after an industrial accident at Irving Shipyard and was then hospitalised. Up to now, there are no details on how the worker fell.

Specifically, the man, 40, was hit by metal from a piece of equipment, then fell, Halifax Regional Police informed in a news release.

The Shipyard commented that the worker was a contractor who was injured while ‘serving a piece of contractor’s equipment.’

After the incident, the Nova Scotia Department of Labour...

https://safety4sea.com/worker-seriously-injured-after-industrial-accident-at-irving-shipyard/

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