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A safety alert to draw lessons learned from an incident in which chemicals made contact with a cook’s eyes onboard.
During the routine cleaning of the galley after dinner service was complete, the vessel cook was using Foaming Oven Cleaner, which contained Sodium Hydroxide. He had sprayed the cleaner into the cooker hood, leaving it a while for the cleaner to activate. He then went back to inspect the area that was being cleaned when some of the chemical cleaner dropped from the cooker hood, falling between the cook’s prescription glasses and his left eye.
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Anchoring is a common and vital operation on any ship. However, it has been widely felt that anchoring equipment designs have not kept up with the evolving industry demand for anchoring ships in deeper and more exposed anchorages. When identifying the challenges associated with anchoring procedures, there was an evident need to review the minimum required construction standards of the windlasses, as vessels are currently anchoring at depths above their lifting capacity.
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A Russian missile struck a Palau-flagged vessel in the Ukrainian port of Odesa, killing one Ukrainian and injuring five foreign nationals.
This was the second such attack on a ship in two days, with a previous Russian missile hitting a Saint Kitts and Nevis-flagged vessel, Paresa, loaded with corn at the port of Pivdennyi. While the Paresa crew was unharmed, the missile caused significant damage to the vessel.
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Over the past week, one CAT 3 incident of armed robbery against ships in Asia was reported between 1 and 7 October 2024.