trawlers

Underwater rudder repair in the Shetland Islands

We received an enquiry for a rudder repair on a 120-meter trawler. The ship was operating off the coast of the Shetland Islands when a defect occurred on its flap rudder, making it difficult to navigate safely. We immediately mobilized a diver/technician team to the vessel’s location in Lerwick.

The diver/technicians arrived at the ship’s remote location very quickly after the green light for the operation had been given.

Because of the remote location of the vessel there was no suitable drydock...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2025/04/29/underwater-rudder-repair-in-the-shetland-islands/

MAIB Report: Capsize and foundering of the fishing vessel Njord resulting in one fatality

Report on the investigation of the capsize and foundering of the fishing vessel Njord resulting in one fatality, 150 nautical miles north-east of Peterhead, 6 March 2022. 

Summary:

On 6 March 2022, the 26.56m UK registered stern trawler Njord capsized 150 nautical miles north-east of Peterhead, Scotland while processing a large haul of fish. All eight crew members entered the water. One crew member lost his life before he could be rescued. 

The key safety issues identified were:

  • The investigation...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2025/02/13/maib-report-capsize-and-foundering-of-the-fishing-vessel-njord-resulting-in-one-fatality/

Real Life Incident: Deadly Gas Goes Undetected; Crew Member Falls Unconscious In Tank

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A factory trawler was underway and being made ready for fishing. The crew had finished cleaning the factory and were preparing the silage tanks for cleaning. Silage tanks are special compartments that contain unused fish parts that are processed into silage and later pumped ashore (used to make oil and protein concentrate used in feed for farmed fish).

The tanks had last been cleaned about five weeks earlier and there was still silage residue at the bottom of the tanks. Cleaning these tanks...

https://www.marineinsight.com/case-studies/real-life-incident-deadly-gas-goes-undetected-crew-member-falls-unconscious-in-tank/

Tanker Vulcanello M: charges against ship-owner Raffaele Brullo (Augusta Due) negated

Tanker Vulcanello M: charges against ship-owner Raffaele Brullo (Augusta Due) negated

The reasoning of the Court of Palermo has withdrawn the cautionary house arrest order previously issued in connection with the alleged collision with the trawler Nuova Iside in the night of 12 May 2020

“There was no conscious and deliberate intention to artfully interfere with the state and conditions of the ship nor to support the behaviour of others by way of moral complicity”.
On this basis, the Court of...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2021/04/20/tanker-vulcanello-m-charges-against-ship-owner-raffaele-brullo-augusta-due-negated/