Initial report The vessel was at anchor in an enclosed bay in the Pacific, running tender operations to the yacht club pontoon. The pontoon was in sight of the vessel and had been running tender operations several times a day for several days. During one of the transits the tender ran aground on a […]
Initial report Two crew members were performing a tender run ashore at night to collect a third crew member who was returning from shore leave. The helm was using the chart plotter to follow the transit routes that had been made earlier that day. The route was not a straight line because it had to […]
Initial report A crew member slipped while working aloft and fell a few metres onto the deck below. They suffered light bruising and were a bit shocked but there was no lasting injury. They were following the ‘working at height’ procedures correctly and were wearing a safety harness but the leash had been attached to […]
Initial report The yacht was at sea in bad weather and the vessel was moving considerably in heavy seas. It was night-time and a deckhand went up onto the upper deck and then aloft to the mast deck to retrieve a flag. They were not wearing a life jacket or a safety harness with lifeline. […]
Initial report “As a first officer I used to take the yacht on and off anchor regularly, whilst I was getting the fenders ready near to the anchor station the captain asked me, in the exact words “can you pick up the anchor” the engineer was next to me who saw that I was busy […]
Initial report A deckhand was recovering the anchor on the foredeck and using a remote control to operate the capstan while simultaneously looking over the side to monitor the anchor chain and reporting this to the bridge. While they were busy looking over the side, they did not realise that the chain had become […]
Initial report A pilot boarded a ship using a combination rig. After their embarkation, and while the accommodation ladder was being recovered, the wire falls parted, and the accommodation ladder dropped to the sea and trailed in the water as the vessel was underway to the port. The Master alerted the pilot to what had […]
Initial report A security guard working aboard a 50-year-old and 50m LOA floating armoury vessel reported unsanitary and unsafe conditions on board. These vessels provide privately contracted armed security personnel to commercial ships for armed protection while they transit areas of high risk. Despite having a maximum capacity of 60 people, the floating armoury reportedly […]
Initial report While boarding a vessel at sea a pilot found that the combination ladder was affixed solely by overhand knots (see pictures) . These easily unravel if there is strain from the standing part of the rope, e.g., under the weight of a pilot as they ascend or descend the ladder. This type of […]
Initial report A fisher returned to their vessel with a guest in the late evening after they had met ashore. Both had drunk alcohol. It was low tide, and the vessel was approximately 6m below the quay edge due to the tidal range in that port. As they climbed down the vertical quayside ladder, the […]