Safety Flashes

A member has reported an incident in which their vessel collided with a fishing vessel. The vessel was waiting for pilots to arrive to take her into port, and was […]

A member has reported an incident in which mooring ropes were slacked more than required resulting in a fouled propeller. The incident occurred during berthing operations when the engines were […]

A member has reported an incident in which there was an unplanned movement of freight containers on a platform supply vessel. The incident occurred during rough weather whilst the vessel […]

IMCA brings to members’ attention two recent incidents relating to failures of charging equipment for mobile phones and other small portable equipment using lithium batteries. Incident 1 A member has […]

A member has reported an incident in which rigging was recovered to deck with missing parts. The incident occurred when a rigging composed of two tri-plates was recovered to the […]

IMCA’s attention has been brought to instances of potentially serious corrosion on certain types of derricks on jack-up offshore drilling rigs. During the periodical inspection of drilling structures, a significant […]

A member has reported an incident in which a small boat was damaged during offshore survey operations. The incident occurred during offshore transit to port. The boat experienced a ‘following […]

A member has reported an incident in which a piece of metal fell from a crane boom. The incident occurred on a vessel whilst alongside during the testing of the […]

The Air Accident Investigation Board of Norway (AIBN) has published a preliminary report on the accident at Turøy, near Bergen, Norway on 29 April 2016. An Airbus H225 helicopter was […]

The MSF has published a safety alert regarding an incident in which a hatch securing ‘dog’ was found on the cargo deck of a platform supply vessel (PSV). The item […]

The Marine Safety Forum (MSF) has published a safety alert regarding a potential dropped object. Back-loading of a large piece of equipment took place from an offshore location. Subsequently on […]

A member has reported a potentially very serious near miss incident in which a crewman was struck by a falling object. The incident took place when a 50 Te deck […]

Lifeboat manufacturer Harding has published the following bulletin regarding certain lifting chain components used for lifeboats of the type FF1200. During inspection of this lifting equipment, a damaged link was […]

IMCA’s attention has been drawn to a number of cases of life jacket failure. In recent months a contractor found that at least seven life jackets had failed for the […]

The United Kingdom Hydrographic Office (UKHO) has issued a warning over the dangers posed to the safety of vessels, crews and cargoes by counterfeit nautical charts and publications, and has […]

The UK Health & Safety Executive (HSE) has published information on a crane hire company that was fined following an incident that led to the death of two men as […]

The UK Step Change in Safety has published a ‘safety moment’ regarding a condensate leak. Whilst there were no injuries, this was a high potential incident and some of the […]

A member has reported a near miss incident in which a fire extinguisher failed due to corrosion of the internal stem. The failure was discovered during inspections of fire extinguishers […]

A member has reported an incident in which a crewman was injured during high pressure jet-washing operations. The incident occurred during wash down operations inside a ballast tank. An able […]

A member has reported an incident in which a crew person was struck by a wire under tension. The incident occurred when a rigging crew were preparing to transfer a […]