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Ferry trip ends with U-turn into shore

Ferry trip ends with U-turn into shore

by Mariska Buitendijk | Dec 28, 2021 | Grounding, Maritime accidents, Navigation, News, Passenger ships, Shipping

Practise your blind pilotage technique whenever possibly, especially in good weather. The Nautical Institute gives this advice in its latest Mars Report in which a ferry’s crew lost sense of their whereabouts due to fog and subsequently grounded. The Nautical...
Fog and single-point failure lead to allision with bridge support

Fog and single-point failure lead to allision with bridge support

by Mariska Buitendijk | Dec 24, 2021 | Maritime accidents, Navigation, News, Shipping

A container vessel left port despite heavy fog. The pilot did not share his departure plan with the crew on the bridge. A loss of spatial orientation subsequently led to an allision with a bridge support. An accident that could have been prevented, according to the...
LR machine learning tech reveals that main cause of lifeboat accidents is failing equipment

LR machine learning tech reveals that main cause of lifeboat accidents is failing equipment

by Mariska Buitendijk | Dec 10, 2021 | Digitalisation, Maritime accidents, Maritime research, News

Working with InterManager, Lloyd’s Register (LR) has used its SafetyScanner machine learning technology to identify the main causes of lifeboat accidents. This has revealed that human beings are not the primary cause of such accidents and that 23.8 per cent of...
Ship-to-ship transfer ends with a touch of bows

Ship-to-ship transfer ends with a touch of bows

by Mariska Buitendijk | Dec 3, 2021 | Maritime accidents, News

A well-coordinated unmoorng after a ship-to-ship transfer while underway gives more “leverage” over external forces such as current. The Nautical Institute says this in it latest Mars Report, in which the unmooring took place while lying still and resulted...
Not reducing speed in fog leeds to vessel collision

Not reducing speed in fog leeds to vessel collision

by Mariska Buitendijk | Dec 1, 2021 | Maritime accidents, News

When ships are on a collision course, the first step should be reducing speed to give more time to assess the situation and/or increase the closest point of approach. The Nautical Institute gives this warning in its latest Mars Report which describes how a general...
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