Slips And Trips On Ships Have Caused Many Falls, Injuries, And Deaths

Credit: SLES

A recently published Maritime Injury Center news article talks about the the most common source of accidents and injuries in ships.

Occupational Safety and Health Administration

According to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, the most common source of accidents and injuries across all industries are slips, trips, and falls. Such incidents are not just for the clumsy. Anyone can fall if impediments are in the way or if surfaces are slick. These accidents not only cause...

https://mfame.guru/slips-and-trips-on-ships-have-caused-many-falls-injuries-and-deaths/

American Club Member Alert (April 20, 2022) re- Good Catch update – Engine Failure Dock Allision

APRIL 20, 2022
GOOD CATCH UPDATE: ENGINE FAILURE DOCK ALLISION

Your Managers are pleased to present the latest instalment of the Club’s Good Catch initiative:
Engine Failure Dock Allision in Englishnneww and traditionalMandarin.

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As a reminder, all Good Catch alerts and animations are posted at the Club’s website at:
https://www.american-club.com/page/good_catch
Your Managers recommend that Members take note of this information and be guided accordingly. 

The post American...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2022/04/20/american-club-member-alert-april-20-2022-re-good-catch-update-engine-failure-dock-allision/

Seafarer lives don’t need to be risked during lifeboat drills

Captain Kuba Szymanski InterManager Secretary General

Seafarers are dying needlessly in lifeboat accidents when maritime legislation doesn’t actually require vessels to be manned during drills.

InterManager, the international trade association for ship and crew managers, is raising awareness of this fact by highlighting a legislative change which means that it is not necessary for crew to be onboard when lifeboats are tested.

SOLAS regulation III/19.3.3.3 requires each lifeboat to be launched at...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2022/04/19/seafarer-lives-dont-need-to-be-risked-during-lifeboat-drills/

DNV’s Maritime Academy course: Salvage and Wreck Removal – Live Virtual Classroom

Dr. Marina Papaioannou

SALVAGE AND WRECK REMOVAL– LIVE VIRTUAL CLASSROOM

DNV’s Maritime Academy Hellas is offering on 12 and 13 May 2022, a course on the latest updates on the salvage and wreck removal market and correct use of salvage and wreck contracts.

Emergency procedures are of an unpredictable nature. The new environmental requirements and the direct involvement of the state authorities in an incident, requires companies to be well prepared to respond in such events.

During the course the...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2022/04/18/dnvs-maritime-academy-course-salvage-and-wreck-removal-live-virtual-classroom/

Sailors’ Society remembers Titanic officer who was one of its own

Picture of James Moody

“The sea is still God’s school for teaching the highest in sacrifice” 
On the 110th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic, international maritime charity Sailors’ Society is paying a special tribute to one of its own – the Titanic’s Sixth Officer, James Moody. 

Moody, who was just 24, was the only junior officer to go down with the ship. 

Shortly before midnight on April 14 1912, the Titanic hit an iceberg. The story of this tragedy...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2022/04/11/sailors-society-remembers-titanic-officer-who-was-one-of-its-own/

Russians attack and sink Dominica-flagged m/v Azburg in Mariupol

m.v. AZBURG on fire in the port of Mariupol, Ukraine

URGENT – URGENT – URGENT – URGENT – URGENT – URGENT – URGENT EMERGENCY NOTIFICATION REPORT

The Commonwealth of Dominica Maritime Administration reports that motor vessel AZBURG IMO number 9102899 Call Sign J7BG6 MMSI number 325116200 was indiscriminately attacked, sank and completely destroyed while at berth in Mariupol, Ukraine.

The vessel was struck by two missile shells while at berth in the port of Mariupol, Ukraine on 3rd of April 2022 at...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2022/04/05/russians-attack-and-sink-dominica-flagged-m-v-azburg-in-mariupol/

TT Talk: measures for security

Current geopolitical tensions have inevitably raised the stakes in general perception around security, as well as, tragically, huge displacement of the population of Ukraine. The sobering reality from experience is that criminals are quick to change their methods, exploit difficult situations and cause further human degradation. 

I hope you find these articles useful. 

Peregrine Storrs-Fox   

Risk Management Director, TT Club

Evolving security threats
Disruptions through the global supply chain...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2022/04/05/tt-talk-measures-for-security/

Unions demand change to end fire and rehire

Unions demand change to end fire and rehire

Joint press release from ITF, ETF, Nautilus and RMT

Last night, ITF, ETF, Nautilus International and RMT projected a video on to the cliffs of Dover and images on to the headquarters of P&O Ferries, demanding that the company be brought to task for its immoral and illegal actions.

This action comes after P&O Ferries sacked 800 seafarers two weeks ago. One Zoom call, 30 minutes notice, and 800 lives, 800 families, 800 homes, communities have been changed...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2022/04/01/unions-demand-change-to-end-fire-and-rehire/

Experts expound practical aspects of collision claims to underwriters and average adjusters

Michiel Starmans of Spliethoff (chairman of the Association of Average Adjusters); Alistair Johnston, partner at CJC Law; and Chris Zavos, partner at Kennedys.

London, Monday 28th March 2022:   A raft of consequences faces shipowners, insurers, and adjusters in dealing with the aftermath of ship collisions, speakers at the latest joint seminar in London of the Association of Average Adjusters and the International Underwriting Association made clear.

Casualties harbour potential cost implications...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2022/03/28/experts-expound-practical-aspects-of-collision-claims-to-underwriters-and-average-adjusters/

MAIB Safety Bulletin: Finnmaster, Blockage of fixed CO2 fire extinguishing system pilot hoses

MAIB Safety Bulletin: Finnmaster, Blockage of fixed CO2 fire extinguishing system pilot hoses

2022-SB1-Finnmaster Cover

The Marine Accident Investigation Branch has published a Safety Bulletin into the blockage of fixed CO2 fire extinguishing system pilot hoses, as identified following a fire on board the roll-on/roll-off cargo ship Finnmaster in Hull, England on 19 September 2021.

Summary:

On 19 September 2021, a fire broke out in the auxiliary engine room on board the Finland registered...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2022/03/10/maib-safety-bulletin-finnmaster-blockage-of-fixed-co2-fire-extinguishing-system-pilot-hoses/

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