Three seafarers and five shore workers died over the past week in accidents in enclosed spaces, bringing this year’s known deaths to a total of 31, although the reporting process can be slow. The ship and crew management sector, keeps records of these incidents on behalf of the wider shipping community, sharing them with regulators in its role as a non-governmental organisation (NGO) member of the International Maritime Organization (IMO).
Two missing crew members of the cargo ship Gia Bao 19, which sank on 17 December in the waters off Chan May Cape, Thua Thien Hue province in Vietnam, were successfully located and rescued after several hours adrift at sea.
The Nautical Institute presents an incident where, a bulk carrier had arrived at an anchorage to load a cargo of grain from an anchored bulk carrier which was acting as a grain storage vessel.
AMSA provides lessons learned from an incident where, a passenger vessel collided with an unseen rock, resulting in the injury of a passenger.
The incident
The master navigated the vessel into unfamiliar waters that was not a normal or planned part of the passenger tour experience, and not authorised by the tour company.