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The Case of the Unlucky Hooker |
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When Pasha Bulker dropped her nearly 7.5 tonnes anchor off the coast of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, nobody expected that a disaster would make this Unlucky Hooker a flawed local hero
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| Keywords: anchoring,BRM, grounding | |||
The Case of the Confused Pilot |
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If you don’t talk to your pilot you could be heading for a bad turn
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| Keywords: pilotage, BRM, language, grounding | |||
The Case of the Little Red Ship |
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She was built for the adventures of a lifetime in one of the most survival-challenging, and vanishing environments on the planet with a reputation for the world’s worst weather. This adventure was the end of a lifetime among the icebergs for the Little Red Ship.. |
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| Keywords: sinking, ice navigation, Antarctic, overconfidence | |||
The Case of the Unfamiliar Mariner |
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The Bow Mariner and three quarters of her crew met their end because of mismanagement, ignorance, incompetence, intolerance and fraud. | ||
| Keywords: chemical tanker, explosion, shipboard culture management. |
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The Case Of The Acidic Assassin |
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What you don’t know can kill youKeywords:enclosed space, fatality, PPE, hydrochloric acid, hard hat, facemask, MSDS, job safety assessmen, |
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The Case of the Foggy Pilot |
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When it comes to safe navigation, if you don’t ask a question right you’re not asking the right question and you won’t get the right answer. |
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| Keywords:Contact, allision, Cosco Busan, pilot, bridge team management, electronic navigation, fog. |
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The Case of the Silent Assassin |
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| Ships are dangerous places for the badly trained, the unwary, the careless.
In this case two seafarers were killed by almost nothing.
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| Keywords:Fatality, confined space, inert gas, chemical tanker, PPE, masks. |
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The Case of the Benzene Bomber |
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| An explosion on a vessel carrying flammable cargo is a master’s nightmare. This nightmare will make your hair stand on end. | |||
| Keywords: explosion, static electricity, flammable vapour, benzene, cargo surveyor. |
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