The US NTSB issued an investigation report on the contact of towing vessel Rivers Wilson and its tow with Norfolk Southern Railway Bridge on the Tombigbee River, in March 2019. There was one minor injury as a result. The investigation stressed issues associated with poor judgement in high current conditions.
The incident
On 10 March 2019, the towing vessel Rivers Wilson, with 8 crew members onboard, was pushing six loaded barges.
At 0100 local time, the vessel contacted the Norfolk Southern...
A book, entitled ‘Heavy Weather Avoidance and Route Design: Concepts and Applications of 500 Mb Charts’, is combining the knowledge of a Captain with that of a senior meteorologist, to address this always imminent safety risk and become a fit-for-purpose guide to safe...
https://safety4sea.com/cm-book-of-the-month-have-you-ever-wondered-how-heavy-weather-develops/
CalMac ferry MV Caledonian Isles rocking in Ardrossan harbour as Storm Dennis hits Scotland. Credit: Stuart Bell
Δημοσιεύτηκε από Life At Sea στις Σάββατο, 15 Φεβρουαρίου 2020
On Firday 14 February, the “MV Caledonian Isles” ferry vessel owned by the CalMac Ferries, faced rough weather conditions as it was struggling to berth at the Ardrossan harbor. Namely its crewmembers had to deal...
https://safety4sea.com/watch-ferry-vessel-struggles-to-berth-under-storm-dennis/
In fact lifeboat teams from Dunbar and Anstruther joined their forces for the stranded vessel, under bad weather conditions.
The Ullapool-flagged fishing vessel unexpectedly lost its steering after its departure, close...
https://safety4sea.com/rnli-rescues-fishing-vessel-under-storm-ciara/
The Netherlands Coastguard reported that a number of containers fell off a Handy containership in stormy seas 43 kilometers north of Ameland, one of the Dutch West Frisian Islands, on February 11.
Specifically, the containers fell from the 1,425 TEU OOCL Rauma, while the vessel was sailing from the Port of Kotka in Finland to the Port of Rotterdam.
The container ship had some trouble sailing due to the heavy weather conditions, which led to some containers falling into the sea.
The coastguard...
https://safety4sea.com/seven-containers-fall-at-sea-due-to-bad-weather-off-netherlands/
As the video shows, during the severe storm that struck northern Norway last week, high winds drove the Hurtigruten cruise ferry Nordnorge hard against a pier at the port of Bodø, Nordland during berthing.
The cruise ferry can be seen trying to deal with the severe weather conditions, but when it approached the dock it was visibly heeling to port. While the ferry was drifted beam-on towards the pier, it deployed its starboard side anchor.
The master of the ferry, Capt. Tormod Karlsen, reported to...
https://safety4sea.com/watch-excessive-wind-leads-cruise-ferry-on-pier/
Speaking with DNV GL’s narrator, Mathias Steck, IEA’s Keisuke Sadamori, Director of Energy and Security Markets explores energy security in the age of renewables, explaining that the extreme weather conditions taking place today are impacting renewable energy systems and infrastructures around the world, most likely becoming a major energy security concern for the future.
# Saudi Arabia attacks
Keisuke Sadamori referred to the recent attacks in the Saudi Arabian oil facility commenting that it...
https://safety4sea.com/weather-challenges-renewable-energy-systems-iea-says/
The Swedish Club analyzes an incident of a collision of a container ship with a fishing vessel, while in restricted visibility. The container ship continued its voyage after the incident, which was a very bad decision by the Master, the Club stressed.
The incident
Vessel A was a 2,692 TEU container ship underway. Shortly after commencing the sea passage, visibility worsened, with dense fog and SW winds at Beaufort scale 6.
On the bridge were the Master, OOW and a lookout.
At 20:00, the Second...
https://safety4sea.com/lessons-learned-restricted-visibility-leads-to-collision/
The port of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, is facing operational challenges due to the rough weather conditions, as strong winds and high water have forced the port to prohibit public access to Jones Island, while port workers take measures to deal with the situation so that the port can resume its operations.
Specifically, the port reported that the weather conditions resulted to the flooding of crucial roadways to the port. Also, tenants have already stopped their operations voluntarily because of...
https://safety4sea.com/port-of-milwaukee-sustains-damages-after-storm/
The incident
As UK MAIB informs, it was at 0633 on Tuesday 18 December 2018 when the roll-on/roll-off (ro-ro) passenger ferry “European Causeway” was dealing with very heavy seas in its voyage from Larne, Northern Ireland to Cairnryan, Scotland.
During...