Norwegian warship collides with tanker in fjord

Seven people were slightly injured after the Norwegian frigate ‘KNM Helge Ingstad’ collided with the Maltese-flagged oil tanker ‘Sola TS’ off Bergen, Norway, in the early hours of Thursday 8 November. The warship developed dangerous list and all of its 137 crew were evacuated.

The KNM Helge Ingstad was returning from Nato military exercises, while the tanker had earlier left Equinor’s Sture oil shipment terminal carrying a cargo of crude oil. The tanker suffered minor damage and there was no...

https://safety4sea.com/norwegian-warship-collides-with-tanker-in-fjord/

Lessons learned: Descent through Marine Evacuation System slides

The UK MAIB analyzed an injury case during trials of marine evacuation system (MES) slides. The investigation highlighted that the MES design concept was to accommodate mass evacuation of passengers wearing normal clothing, but not survival suits.

The incident

A vessel was secured alongside in port undergoing scheduled maintenance. Part of the work included deployment of the marine evacuation system (MES) in the presence of an MCA surveyor, to satisfy a statutory certification requirement. In...

https://safety4sea.com/lessons-learned-descent-through-marine-evacuation-system-slides/