Category Archives: Accident
Celtic Star – Overloaded Master Clobbered Light Float
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Ship Of Shame Kills Three — An Tai Jiang Fire
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She would have been on anyone’s ship of shame: Safety alarms that did not work, fire-fighting equipÂment that did not operÂate, lifeboat engines that could not start, seaÂfarÂers not trained to use equipÂment that would keep them alive and a leadÂerÂship that lost the plot in an emerÂgency. Her name was An Tai Jiang and, in relÂaÂtively forceÂful lanÂguage Hong Kong’s Marine DepartÂment, in its report on a JanÂuÂary 2009 engine room fire, says that she was a subÂstanÂdard ship that should not have been entered in its registry.
An Tai Jiang, an ashÂphalt carÂrier, was flagged in Hong Kong.
S/V Concordia and the Nautical Goat
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It was not so much TransÂport Canada’s deciÂsion to invesÂtiÂgate the capÂsize and sinkÂing of the Barbados-flagged sailÂing vesÂsel ConÂcorÂdia that raised quesÂtionÂing eyeÂbrows as the apparÂent impliÂcaÂtion that TSB did not trust the BarÂbaÂdian marÂitime authorÂity to do the job propÂerly. The issues surÂroundÂing the invesÂtiÂgaÂtion of what hapÂpened to the 58 metre tallÂship ConÂcorÂdia and the subÂseÂquent search and resÂcue operÂaÂtions, SAR, may go someÂwhat deeper.
ConÂcorÂdia, built in Poland and comÂpleted in 1992, apparÂently capÂsized swiftly and withÂout warnÂing on 17 FebÂruÂary off the coast of Brazil. Its 64 pasÂsenÂgers and crew were resÂcued 40 hours later by a merÂchant ship and subÂseÂquently transÂferred to BrazilÂian Navy resÂcue helicopters.
Safety Alert – Check MOB Interlocks Every Time
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Union Calls For Safer Choppers
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Bulgarian Volunteers Slam SAR Incompetence
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Aurora – Simone Backender: Not Enough Lookout, Too Many Assumptions
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MAIB Commends Skipper For MOBÂ Save
Britain’s Marine AcciÂdent InvesÂtiÂgaÂtion Branch, MAIB, has comÂmended Peter Laity, the skipÂper of a gill netÂter, Ocean Spray, for his actions in savÂing an MOB in DecemÂber 2009. In an interÂview with Britain’s Daily Mail the overÂboard seaÂfarer says: “I saw the net had started to go into a ball over the stern, I looked back at the boat to see if it was all okay, and took my eyes off the anchor for two secÂonds and that was all it took.”
Says MAIB: “The gill netÂter Ocean Spray was shootÂing the last of her ten nets when a probÂlem with the fishÂing gear was seen by the deckÂhand on the port side of the workÂing deck. To recÂtify the probÂlem, the deckÂhand moved aft into the area conÂtainÂing the rope joinÂing the net to its anchor, and became snagged by the rope as it payed out. He was pulled towards the vessel’s port gunÂwale until pinned against the safety rail by the net’s anchor.
