Case Studies
Missing General Cargo Ship over 25 years of age in Black Sea.
A General Cargo vessel, flag - foreign, GRT- 3009t, built in 1982, owned and managed by foreign shipping company completed loading of steel billets on 16.02. 2008 in one of the foreign ports in [...]
Marine Safety Investigation Report - Final MO-2008-001: Independent investigation into the collision between the Australian registered fishing vessel Allena and the Antigua and Barbuda registered container ship Northern Fortune off Bowen, Queensland on 21 January 2008
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At about 2102 on 21 January 2008, the Australian fishing vessel Allena collided with Northern Fortune, an Antigua and Barbuda registered container ship, off the Queensland coast. The fishing vessel’s bow was badly damaged but the crew were able to control the ingress of water and return the vessel to Bowen, Queensland, its home port.
The [...]
Marine Safety Investigation Report - Final Independent investigation into the grounding of the Greek registered bulk carrier Atlantic Eagle at Maude Reef, off Albany, Western Australia on 15 July 2008
At 0710 on 15 July 2008, the Greek registered bulk carrier Atlantic Eagle sailed from Albany, Western Australia, partly loaded with a cargo of grain. At 0815, the ship was just outside port limits and its speed had been increased to 14 knots for the voyage to Fremantle, Western Australia.
During the next 10 minutes, the [...]
Marine Safety Investigation Report - Final Independent investigation into the grounding of the Antigua and Barbuda registered container ship Francoise Gilot in Port Phillip, Victoria on 9 May 2008
At 0541 on 9 May 2008, the Antigua and Barbuda registered container ship Francoise Gilot grounded while transiting the South Channel, Port Phillip, Victoria. The ship had sailed from Melbourne earlier that morning and was departing Port Phillip bound for Sydney.
The ship grounded between beacons 18 and 20 of the South Channel during a starboard [...]
Marine Safety Investigation Report - Preliminary Loss of containers from Pacific Adventurer off Cape Moreton, Queensland, 11 March 2009
the Hong Kong registered container ship Pacific Adventurer lost 31 containers overboard in gale force weather conditions and large swells. The ship was about seven miles east of Cape Moreton, Queensland. All the containers, carrying ammonium nitrate prills, sank. However, two of the ships fuel oil bunker tanks were holed as the containers went overboard. [...]
Marine Safety Investigation Report - Final MO-2008-004: Independent investigation into the engine room fire on board the Marshall Islands registered container ship MSC Lugano off Esperance, Western Australia, on 31 March 2008.
At about 1115 on 31 March 2008, a fire started in the engine room of the container ship MSC Lugano. The chief engineer operated the quick closing valves and the remote stops for the engine room fans and oil pumps. The crew closed the dampers for the engine room fans and the funnel vents and [...]
Marine Safety Investigation Report - Final Independent investigation into the grounding of the Antigua and Barbuda registered bulk carrier Enterprise at Grassy Harbour, King Island, Tasmania on 10 May 2007
At about 1045 on 10 May 2007, the bulk carrier Enterprise grounded briefly as it was being manoeuvred in the confined waters of Grassy Harbour, King Island, Tasmania. The ship was under the conduct of the pilot, who was following the pilotage plan he usually used for the ship when it called at the port.
Related [...]
Marine Safety Investigation Report - Final Independent investigation into the grounding of the Marshall Islands registered passenger ship Van Gogh at Devonport, Tasmania on 23 February 2008
At about 1817 on 23 February 2008, the Marshall Islands registered passenger ship Van Gogh grounded briefly on the western shore of the Mersey River during a departure from Devonport, Tasmania. The ship was under the conduct of a harbour pilot who had taken over the conduct from the master about five minutes before, after [...]
Marine Safety Investigation Report - Final Man overboard fatality from the research survey ship Geosounder, 25 August 2007
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At about 0310 on 25 August 2007, while the research ship Geosounder was about 185 miles northeast of Cairns, Australia, en route from New Zealand to Singapore, an off-duty integrated rating (IR) who was skylarking on deck while under the influence of alcohol fell overboard. The crew immediately threw lifebuoys into the water, stopped the [...]
Marine Safety Investigation Report - Final Collision between the South Korean registered LPG carrier Namhae Gas and the Australian fishing vessel Rexandra
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At about 0036 on 30 November 2007, the liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) tanker Namhae Gas collided with the fishing vessel Rexandra. At the time, both vessels were about 30 miles northeast of Mooloolaba, Queensland.
Neither Namhae Gas’s watch-keeper nor duty lookout was keeping a proper lookout in the time leading up to the collision. They also [...]
