Incidents
Cyclone Forces Oil Tanker to Ground Off India, 1 Mariner Dead
Cyclone Nilam barreled through India bringing heavy downpours and intense winds with it. As a result, a massive oil tanker ran aground off the Chennai coast in churning waters, leaving one crewman dead and five or six are still missing. Strong winds with speeds of up to 80kmph triggered huge waves....
Fire: BBC Baltic – Half-hearted Hot-Work Procedures
All too often there seems to be a disconnect between what procedures are supposed to achieve in terms of safety and the place of paperwork. So it was with a fire aboard BBC Baltic. Procedures and permits are safety nets. When they become merely a paper exercise bad things happen.
Low Sulphur Power Loss Warning
UK P&I Club’s latest Risk Focus bulletin highlights the issue of sudden loss of power, a problem that came to the fore in incidents during and after the switch to lower sulphur fuels now mandated in certain coastal regions. In the bulletin, the club looks at causes of sudden loss of power ...
Tanzania ferry inquiry finds "massive overloading"
A report published on the maritime disaster of July 18 this year, when the MV 'Skaggit' went down in the Indian Ocean while leaving Zanzibar, concluded that there were 447 passengers on board and not 290 as mentioned at the time by officials, with cargo also way over the approved carrying capacity l...
