lesson learned

The UK Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) published Accident Investigation Report 11/2024 into an incident where a crew person was seriously injured while operating a crane, reports IMCA.

On 16 August 2022, the second officer of the UK registered survey and supply vessel Kommandor Orca sustained crush injuries to his lower left leg while operating one of the rail-mounted deck cranes.

While operating the crane, the second officer stood with his left foot on the inboard...

https://mfame.guru/lessons-learned-serious-leg-injury-during-crane-operations/

A Marine Safety Forum article describes an incident involving compound fracture on right foot of the gangway operator.

The incident occurred onboard a Service Operation Vessel (SOV), performing Walk-2-Work duties at an offshore windfarm. The vessel was positioned port side on to the Wind Turbine Generator (WTG) with the maximum wave height of 3m impacting the port quarter and swell of 2.8m impacting the starboard bow. With the vessel in an optimal position relative to the connection...

https://mfame.guru/lessons-learned-gangway-operator-suffers-compound-foot-fracture/

West P&I Club has analyzed a pollution incident during a routine bunkering operation at a port where fuel was observed to be overflowing from the air vent from one of the bunker tanks.

A container vessel was conducting a routine bunkering operation at a port. The operation involved the transfer of 117 metric tonnes of very low sulphur fuel oil (VLSFO) from a bunker barge to the vessel’s designated bunker storage tanks. The Chief Engineer and the 2nd Engineer supervised the...

https://mfame.guru/lessons-learned-fuel-overflow-during-routine-bunkering-operation/

Transport Malta reports of a fire in the accommodation of an oil tanker, leading to two fatalities, at the port of Ras Laffan, Qatar.

On the morning of 21 November 2020, whilst the oil tanker was loading cargo at the port of Ras Laffan, Qatar, a fire broke out in a cabin on B-deck of the accommodation block. The crew members immediately tried to fight the fire but were unable to do so until a shore fire team arrived. As a result of this accident, two crew members lost their lives,...

https://mfame.guru/accommodation-fire-aboard-oil-tanker-leads-to-two-fatalities/

​A tragic incident occurred during routine rescue boat drills on an anchored vessel, resulting in one fatality and serious injuries to two crew members, reports the Nautical Institute.

Rescue boat manoeuvres were planned while the vessel was at anchor. Three crew members boarded the rescue boat. After it was loaded, a fourth crew member lowered the boat to the water by lifting the brake. Once in the water, the boat was immediately raised again using electric push-buttons acting on...

https://mfame.guru/lessons-learned-heavily-greased-wire-rope-proves-ineffective/

The Bahamas Maritime Authority reports of a crew injury incident onboard a vessel.

On the afternoon of 30 June 2023, the vessel was on passage from Durban to Port Elizabeth, South Africa, and was making way during a period of adverse weather. Four crew members were at the forward mooring station to secure mooring lines when the vessel was struck by a series of large waves, washing the four crew members off their feet, and propelling them into the ship’s structure and deck machinery....

https://mfame.guru/lessons-learned-heavy-weather-fatigue-cause-crew-injury/

Transport Malta reports of an engine room fire aboard a chemical tanker.

Whilst the tanker was manoeuvring towards the designated anchorage area, off St. Eustatius, a fire broke out in the engine-room, in the vicinity of diesel generator no. 2. The crew members evacuated the engine-room, following which, the fire was extinguished using the vessel’s fixed firefighting system. While none of the crew members were injured, the vessel sustained significant damages, which took more than...

https://mfame.guru/lessons-learned-engine-room-fire-aboard-chemical-tanker/

Bahamas Maritime Authority reports of a fire aboard liquified petroleum gas tanker.

In the early morning of 27 October 2023, the tanker had completed loading a cargo ethylene in Daesan, South Korea, when the vessel’s gas engineer identified that liquid cargo was leaking from the cargo manifold. Having identified that the blank was probably missing a gasket, the gas engineer and duty able seafarer were unbolting the blank when the cargo vapour ignited, creating a fire ball that...

https://mfame.guru/lessons-learned-safety-failures-in-tanker-cargo-fire/

A CTV drifted into and hit a nearby structure at 0.5 knots, reports IMCA.

A crew transfer from a CTV to a Service Operation Vessel (SOV) was successfully completed. The SOV was 180 metres from a wind turbine generator (WTG) on the field. The CTV moved away from the SOV and propulsion controls were set to zero, and the crew continued to complete reporting and administrative tasks.

The CTV drifted into and hit the nearby structure at 0.5 knots, prompting the CTV Master to immediately...

https://mfame.guru/lessons-learned-crew-transfer-vessel-drifts-onto-turbine-tower/