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 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 [...]
Independent investigation into the grounding of the Australian registered bulk carrier Endeavour River at Gladstone, Queensland, on 2 December 2007
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On the afternoon of 2 December 2007, the Australian registered bulk carrier Endeavour River grounded in Gladstone harbour while attempting a mid-tide berthing at the South Trees Wharf.
The master was attempting to berth the ship on a flood tide, with a following wind, and was unable to position the ship correctly for its approach to [...]
INS Tabar sinks pirate mother ship
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NEW DELHI: An Indian naval frigate has sunk a pirate vessel in the pirate infested waters in the Gulf of Aden off the coast of
Somalia.
INS Tabar, which has been deployed for anti-piracy patrol operations since November 2, was among dozens of warships from several countries that took part in a major offensive to protect [...]
Training Ship SPIRIT OF MOL Holds Anti-Piracy/Terrorism Drill
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Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. yesterday announced that MOL, along with the Japan Coast Guard (JCG) and other organizations involved, conducted an anti-piracy/terrorism drill aboard the training ship SPIRIT OF MOL in the South China Sea on November 17. During the drill, the JCG patrol ship Shikishima hurried to site, and marine safety officers boarded the [...]
ATSB Final Report-near collision between the bulk carrier and the roll-on/roll-off general cargo ship in Port Phillip, Victoria.
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At about 0230 on 16 May 2007, the bulk carrier Ormiston sailed from Melbourne, Victoria, bound for Thevenard, South Australia. At about 0512, the ship rounded the Hovell Pile beacon and entered the South Channel in Port Phillip. At about 0521, Ormiston entered ‘The Cut’, the narrowest part of the channel, from the east making [...]
‘Tighten ship cargo rules’ call
Accident investigators have called for hazardous cargo on ships to be more tightly regulated following the deaths of two seamen in the Channel.
The pair suffocated when oxygen levels dropped in a storage area of their vessel, the Sava Lake, in the Straits of Dover in January this year.
The Latvian-registered vessel was transporting ferrous metal turnings.
A [...]
AP MOLLER-MAERSK AIMS AT ZERO FATALITIES
GIANT Danish shipping group AP Moller - Maersk has published its first consolidated Health, Safety and Environment (HSE) Report and declared its intention to achieve zero fatalities against last year’s toll of 25 deaths, all within transportation divisions of the company.
The company says in a statement: “The HSE-report 2007 marks a starting point of reporting [...]
Portland Ferry Passengers Safely Evacuated.
Ninety-six passengers were evacuated from a Portland-based ferry that ran aground about half a mile southeast of Basket Island, off the coast of Maine last week..
There were no reports of pollution or injuries to the 96 passengers and three crew aboard.
The Bay Mist refloated with the incoming tide around 3:15 a.m., and an inspection of [...]
