A recent IMCA Safety Flash focuses on an incident in which, a spanner became disconnected from its DROPS protection lanyard whilst crew were working in an area outside the installed protective netting, during work at height, to provide lessons learned.
A yacht carrying five people, three Russians and two Egyptians reportedly went missing days ago off the coast of Yemen in the Red Sea.
According to its owner, on Monday 24th April, armed pirates took the vessel.
According to International news, bulk carrier Glebe Bulker was attacked by pirates reportedly off Gabon and three seafarers have been abducted.
The attack on the 58,000-dwt Glebe Bulker (built 2010) took place 4.7 nautical miles off the Owendo anchorage, its chief officer told the International Maritime Bureau (IMB).
On May 3 at approximately 6:20 a.m. local time, Panama-flagged oil tanker Niovi was seized by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy (IRGCN) while transiting the Strait of Hormuz.