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Not all acci­dents and close-call inci­dents get reported even though there are safety lessons worth dis­trib­ut­ing among other sea­far­ers. Some­times issue go unre­ported because peo­ple feel they might put their jobs at risk if their iden­ti­ties are revealed. There are two resources worth going to if you want to report a mat­ter of con­cern (Click on the high­lighted words to open the rel­e­vant websites):

The Nau­ti­cal Institute’s MARS ( Mar­itime Acci­dent Report­ing System)

And CHIRP, the Con­fi­den­tial Human fac­tors Inci­dent Report­ing Programme

Some national mar­itime safety author­i­ties, such as the Aus­tralian Trans­port Safety Safety Bureau have sim­i­lar systems.

You can also email maritimeaccident@yahoo.com , we’ll keep your details con­fi­den­tial and pass your con­cerns on to the the appro­pri­ate organisation.