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DSB: Damen Shiprepair needs to improve risk management

DSB: Damen Shiprepair needs to improve risk management

by Mariska Buitendijk | Feb 27, 2025 | Maritime accidents, Navigation, News, Ship repair/maintenance

Risk management of complex operations at the shipyard run by Damen Shiprepair Rotterdam in the Botlek harbour district requires improvement. The Dutch Safety Board (DSB) reveals this in its report on the collision between the crane vessel Saipem 7000 and the Noble...
Vessel collision causes fifteen fatalities

Vessel collision causes fifteen fatalities

by Mariska Buitendijk | Feb 21, 2025 | Maritime accidents, Navigation, News, Shipping, SWZ|Maritime

Always keep a good lookout to increase your chances of preventing a collision. The Nautical Institute gives this warning in a new Mars Report which describes a collision between a bulk carrier and a tug that resulted in fifteen fatalities. The Nautical Institute...
Procedural flaws, fatigue cause undocking accident

Procedural flaws, fatigue cause undocking accident

by Mariska Buitendijk | Jan 8, 2025 | Maritime accidents, Navigation, News, Shipping, SWZ|Maritime

The cause of a tanker hitting a jetty and becoming stuck was ‘a near total collapse of bridge resource management (BRM)’. The Nautical Institute draws this conclusion in a new Mars Report, which describes the incident in detail. The Nautical Institute...
Vessel’s berth contact cuts deep

Vessel’s berth contact cuts deep

by Mariska Buitendijk | Jan 1, 2025 | Maritime accidents, Navigation, News, Shipping, SWZ|Maritime

A loaded vessel was departing a berth in very confined waters without tug assistance. Winds were NNE, almost parallel with the berth, at about 25-30 knots. Two pilots were on board, but according to the company report, there were gaps in the master/pilot exchange. The...
Wärtsilä divests automation & navigation business to Solix

Wärtsilä divests automation & navigation business to Solix

by Mariska Buitendijk | Dec 17, 2024 | Digitalisation, Navigation, News, Shipping, Technical services

Technology group Wärtsilä has agreed to divest its Automation, Navigation and Control System (ANCS) business to the Swedish investment company Solix Group AB. In 2023, the annual revenue of ANCS was close to EUR 200 million. Wärtsilä acquired ANCS in 2015 as part of...
BRM failure while docking results in a costly bump

BRM failure while docking results in a costly bump

by Mariska Buitendijk | Oct 18, 2024 | Maritime accidents, Navigation, News, Shipping, SWZ|Maritime

Have the bridge team fully engaged with the people doing the manoeuvring, so errors are spotted in time. The Nautical Institute gives this advice in its latest Mars Report, which describes how a vessel touched bottom resulting in the vessel being off-hire for over two...
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