‘Captain MSC Zoe not guilty of losing containers in the North Sea’
The captain of the container ship MSC Zoe will not be prosecuted, the Dutch Public Prosecutor’s Office has announced. The container ship lost a huge load of containers in bad weather in the night of...Read more
Ignoring the gangway proves fatal for vessel visitor
The Nautical Institute warns that embarkation/disembarkation needs to controlled rigorously after a recent incident in which someone fell into the water between ship and quay and subsequently drowned. The incident is discussed in a recent...Read more
Sweden wants end of diving ban on sunken ferry Estonia
The Swedish Government has said that it is prepared to amend a law prohibiting diving on the wreck of the ferry Estonia which sank in the Baltic Sea. This was requested by the Swedish accident...Read more
Dutch Safety Board: River cruise safety inadequate
The growing popularity of river cruises in the Netherlands demands additional emphasis on safety. The Dutch Safety Board states this in its report published on 17 December on the collision between the Swiss river cruise...Read more
Container ship ONE Apus arrives in Japan, dangerous goods lost identified
The container ship ONE Apus arrived in the Port of Kobe, Japan, on 8 December. The ship lost 1816 containers during severe weather on Monday 30 November. 64 containers contained dangerous goods. Their contents have...Read moreJapanese container ship loses more than 1800 containers during storm
The Japanese container ship ONE Apus has lost more than 1800 containers on Monday evening, 30 November. This happened when the 14,000-TEU ship ran into a storm on the Pacific Ocean. Forty lost containers were...Read more
Disoriented master leads to ferry colliding with sailing yacht
Blind pilotage cannot be improvised and best results come only if these skills are constantly practised before they are needed. This is the advice given by The Nautical Institute after a ferry in fog collided...Read more
[VIDEO] Container ship hits grounded vessel and runs aground in Singapore
The Cyprus-flagged container ship Tina 1 has run aground in the Singapore Strait. This happened after it had collided with an Iranian container ship, which had run aground there six months earlier following a collision...Read more
Maersk captain briefly released after collision with minesweeper
The Greek captain of the container ship Maersk Launceston, which last week rammed the Greek minesweeper Kallisto, has been temporarily released for the transfer of his ship to a replacement captain. The Maersk Launceston has...Read more
Do you check container crane cabins for corrosion?
Crane cabins are often high up in the air and should therefore be inspected regularly to check their safety, says The Nautical Institute. A recent Mars Report describes a crew member falling to his death...Read more
Crew member crushed by tween deck pontoon
The Nautical Institute discusses a crew member dying after getting stuck between a pontoon and a bulkhead in a recent Mars Report. According to the Institute, the operation lacked good communication, co-ordination, and control.Read more
Nautical Institute: Use fall prevention even if the height seems small
Slips, trips, and falls are one of the leading causes of injuries for shipboard personnel, according to The Nautical Institute. This is highlighted in a recent Mars Report in which a hazard in plain sight...Read more
RoRo vessel rolls heavily and tips trucks
Passage plans need to be revised according to weather according to The Nautical Institute. The organisation gives this warning after a RoRo had its cargo topple over in heavy weather.Read more
‘Estonia ferry disaster caused by collision with submarine’
The 1994 disaster involving the ferry Estonia, in which 852 people died, was probably caused by a collision with a submarine. This was stated by Margus Kurm, who in the past led an official investigation...Read more
Finnish ferry runs aground near archipelago [updated]
A Finnish ferry carrying some 280 people ran aground on Sunday 20 September. This happened near the Åland Islands between Finland and Sweden. With the help of the authorities, all passengers were evacuated from the...Read more
Search for missing livestock carrier off Japan
The Japanese coastguard is engaged in a large-scale search for the missing livestock carrier Gulf Livestock 1, which got into trouble on Wednesday due to typhoon Maysak. The ship had 43 people on board, one...Read more
Charges against master APL England after losing containers off Australia
Charges have been laid against the master of the APL England, which lost about fifty containers off the coast of Sydney. The offences relate to pollution and/or damage of the Australian marine environment as a...Read more
Video – Oil tanker catches fire in Indonesia: seven dead
A fire on oil tanker Jag Leela in the port of Belawan on the northeast coast of Indonesian Sumatra on Monday killed at least seven people and injured 22. The 250-metre long ship was docked...Read more