Rope Ladder Snapped! Pilot Falls off Crude Oil Tanker!

Durban ship’s pilot fell off a crude oil tanker while disembarking at the Durban port on Tuesday, reports TimesLive.

What happened?

A Transnet National Ports Authority ship’s pilot fell off a crude oil tanker after a rope ladder snapped at the Durban port.

Rescue team

National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI) Durban station commander Jonathan Kellerman said that a rescue team was dispatched at 7.45am after the 35-year-old man fell off the vessel while disembarking before it departed the port.

Kellerman...

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Pilot Dies After Sustaining A Fall in Boarding Accident

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According to an article published in The Maritime-Executive, a marine pilot with the Sandy Hook Pilots Association lost his life while making a transfer from his pilot boat to an inbound merchant ship.

Summary of the incident

On Monday at about 04:30 hours, Sandy Hook pilot Captain Dennis R. Sherwood was involved in an incident while boarding the container ship Maersk Kensington, which was inbound to the Port of New York & New Jersey. He was injured after falling from an accommodation ladder and...

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Safety order on Terra Nova FPSO after incident

The Canadian offshore regulator, the Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Petroleum Board (C-NLOPB), recently informed that it gave Suncor Energy a safety order following an investigation of an incident on the Terra Nova FPSO.

In fact, the Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Petroleum Board (C-NLOPB) advises that its Chief Safety Officer (CSO) issued an Order to Suncor Energy pursuant to Part III.1 of the Atlantic Accord Implementation Acts, in accordance with its “Policy Respecting...

https://safety4sea.com/safety-order-on-terra-nova-fpso-after-incident/

Worker injured after falling from ladder on Terra Nova FPSO

A worker onboard the Terra Nova FPSO, off the east coast of Canada, was injured Sunday, after falling from a ladder while conducting gas testing, the operating company informed in an official statement.

On Sunday evening, 29 December, Suncor Energy reported the incident that occurred earlier in the day to Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Petroleum Board (C-NLOPB).

The offshore medic and emergency response team were called to the scene.

The injured worker was transferred to St. John’s by...

https://safety4sea.com/worker-injured-after-falling-from-ladder-on-terra-nova-fpso/