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Crew member’s fingers crushed during maintenance

Crew member’s fingers crushed during maintenance

by Mariska Buitendijk | Mar 26, 2025 | Maritime accidents, News, Ship repair/maintenance, Shipping, SWZ|Maritime

Before carrying out any job, carry out an informal risk assessment which involves inspecting the job and the surrounding area. The Nautical Institute gives this advice in a new Mars Report, in which a crew member suffered injuries to two of his fingers. The Nautical...
BEAmer: Capsized De Gallant’s rigging required more crew

BEAmer: Capsized De Gallant’s rigging required more crew

by Mariska Buitendijk | Mar 25, 2025 | Maritime accidents, News, Shipping

After sailing from Colombia, the sailing cargo vessel De Gallant, over a century old, sank on Tuesday 21 May 2024 in the Bahamas. The French marine accident investigation authority BEAmer investigated the accident and finds the crew was essentially too small to handle...
VLOC goes down in five minutes with 22 of 24 crew

VLOC goes down in five minutes with 22 of 24 crew

by Mariska Buitendijk | Mar 12, 2025 | Maritime accidents, News, Shipping, SWZ|Maritime

The Nautical Institute warns of the dangers of structural weakness in a new Mars Report. The report describes the fast sinking of a very large ore carrier (VLOC) due to hull failure. The Nautical Institute gathers reports of maritime accidents and near-misses. It then...
A hidden tripping hazard in ship’s engine room

A hidden tripping hazard in ship’s engine room

by Mariska Buitendijk | Mar 5, 2025 | Maritime accidents, News, Shipping, SWZ|Maritime

An engineer was conducting a safety round in the engine room workshop welding area while the vessel was underway. Some welding had been done earlier, but was not yet finished and the welding curtain was still in place. As he walked, he hit his foot on a loose pipe on...
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...
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