Fatal Accident

Tanker Owner Owes $44.6 Million Over 2017 Fatal Collision With US Guided Missile Destroyer

Tanker collision

On Wednesday, a US judge said the owner of an oil tanker has to pay the US $44.6 million due to its role in a collision that took between the 39,000 metric ton tanker and a US Navy destroyer in 2017 in Southeast Asia. The accident had taken the lives of 10 sailors and reportedly injured dozens more.

Paul Crotty, the US District Judge, found Energetic Tank Inc responsible for 20% and the US responsible for almost 80% in the 2017 collision between the Alnic tanker and U.S.S. John S. McCain.

The...

https://www.marineinsight.com/shipping-news/tanker-owner-owes-44-6-million-over-2017-fatal-collision-with-us-guided-missile-destroyer/

Denmark Jails 30-Year-Old British Sailor Over A Fatal Ship Collision

British sailor jailed

A British sailor associated with the 90-meter ship, Scot Carrier, was found guilty of manslaughter and sentenced to a prison term lasting 1.5 years following a ship collision in the Baltic Sea, in December 2021. Two Danish seafarers had lost their lives in the accident, Danish police reported on Thursday.

The 30-year-old British sailor was on duty when the 55-meter Karin Hoj collided with Scot Carrier in darkness and heavy fog off the island of Bornholm in Denmark. Two members of the crew aboard...

https://www.marineinsight.com/shipping-news/denmark-jails-30-year-old-british-sailor-over-a-fatal-ship-collision/

Turkish Seafarer Passes Away Due To Fire On Bridge Of Cargo Ship

Turkish ship fire

The 42-year-old Turkish crew member, Ulaş Yuruk from Fatsa, on a Vanuatu-flagged general cargo vessel, ‘Akua’ (IMO 8826369), was reported to be dead after a fire raged. The fire that had broken out on the bridge was extinguished. The 13 crew members included Indians, Turkish, and also Azerbaijan nationals.

The AIS is off and could possibly be damaged or destroyed when the fire was raging on the bridge. Russian media has reported that a fire had broken out in the superstructure of a cargo vessel...

https://www.marineinsight.com/shipping-news/turkish-seafarer-passes-away-due-to-fire-on-bridge-of-cargo-ship/

Real Life Incident: Boiler Overpressure On Ship Causes Three Fatalities

springs of boilers

A drill ship holding position offshore was due to carry out the annual servicing of its two auxiliary boilers. The boilers were used only for well test operations and had not been operated since the last annual service, except for maintenance operations.

The duty engineers brought the boilers up to temperature and pressure specifications in preparation for the annual checks. As this was underway, the pressure safety valves opened. They appeared to open at 1.9 bar for boiler 1 and 5.9 bar for...

https://www.marineinsight.com/case-studies/real-life-incident-boiler-overpressure-on-ship-causes-three-fatalities/

Ship Building Company Fined After Employee Killed By Falling Steel Post

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A Merseyside shipbuilding and repair company has been fined after an employee was fatally injured when struck by a 31-foot steel post.

Liverpool Magistrates’ Court heard how on 30 March 2017, the 23-year-old employee and four other workers of Carmet Marine Limited had been adapting or ‘regulating’ the bogie, which is used to land and launch vessels on and off the company’s slipway by the River Mersey. One of the bogie’s steel side-posts weighing approximately 1800kg fell and fatally struck the...

https://www.marineinsight.com/shipping-news/ship-building-company-fined-after-employee-killed-by-falling-steel-post/

Real Life Incident: Ship’s AB Dies After Getting Hit By Mooring Line

Hand Injury While Mooring

A small coastal cargo vessel had discharged in port and was shifting berth. The Master, controlling the vessel, was in visual and verbal contact with the officer on the bridge wing on the starboard side. Due to the construction of the vessel, they could see the crew members on the foredeck but not those on the aft deck – two ABs and a trainee.

Contact was maintained with one AB and the trainee on the aft deck via VHF radio. The other AB on the aft deck was not equipped with a similar radio. The...

https://www.marineinsight.com/case-studies/real-life-incident-ships-ab-dies-after-getting-hit-by-mooring-line/

Two Workers Die While Scrapping Cruise Ship In Turkey: NGO Shipbreaking Platform

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Yet another fatal accident recently took place at the ship recycling yards of Aliağa, Turkey. On 12 July, Yılmaz Demir (55 years old) and Oğuz Taşkın (30 years old) were onboard the cruise ship CARNIVAL INSPIRATION when they were suddenly caught by flames. Yılmaz died on the spot, whilst Oğuz succumbed due to severe burns three days later at the nearby hospital.

The exact circumstances of the accident are still unclear, but the fire supposedly broke out in the engine room. An investigation led...

https://www.marineinsight.com/shipping-news/two-workers-die-while-scrapping-cruise-ship-in-turkey-ngo-shipbreaking-platform/

Risks Of Carrying A Fumigated Cargo

Fumigation is done to target infestations in bulk cargoes like grain and timber. The most widely used fumigant is aluminium phosphide which produces phosphine gas that is poisonous to humans. There have been numerous fatalities onboard ships as a result of the crew having been exposed to the gas, says in article published on gard website.

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  • The phosphine gas enters the accommodation block through air conditioning vents, cracks in the adjoining bulkheads or conduits. A lack of gas...

https://mfame.guru/risks-of-carrying-a-fumigated-cargo/

Real Life Incident: 2nd Officer Dies After Getting Crushed Between Vessel’s Gantry Crane And Hatch Covers

2nd Officer Dies After Getting Crushed Between Vessel's Gantry Crane And Hatch Covers

A general cargo vessel finished loading a cargo of cement in the early morning hours and the deck crew were cleaning cement dust from the top of the cargo hatch coamings. This task had to be completed and the hatch covers replaced prior to sailing. At about 0900, the Master was informed that the berth was required for another vessel and the vessel’s sailing time had been brought forward by about 2.5 hours.

When the Master told the C/O of the revised plan, the C/O advised that he would need all...

https://www.marineinsight.com/case-studies/real-life-incident-2nd-officer-dies-after-getting-crushed-between-vessels-gantry-crane-and-hatch-covers/

BW Offshore Confirms 2 Fatalities In An Incident On Board FPSO ‘Espoir Ivoirien’

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At 13:30 on 14th January (2021), an incident occurred whilst work was being performed in a cargo tank onboard the FPSO Espoir Ivoirien operating on the Espoir field offshore the Ivory Coast.

Two fatalities have been confirmed as a consequence of the incident, which was caused by leakage of hydrocarbons into the tank where the work was being performed. Next of kin have been informed.

Production has been shut down and the leak has been contained within the cargo tank, with all personnel accounted...

https://www.marineinsight.com/shipping-news/bw-offshore-confirms-2-fatalities-in-an-incident-on-board-fpso-espoir-ivoirien/

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