title: ADOMS IID link: https://adomsiid.org description: Antigua and Barbuda Department of Marine Services and Merchant Shipping - Inspection and Investigation Division generator: https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.2 language: en-GB title: BBC EDGE – Fatal accident link: https://adomsiid.org/bbc-edge-fatal-accident description: A crew member was found without any signs of life in the engine room. The crew member concerned died from electrical shock originating from a power cable with defective insulation. To read the full marine safety investigation report, please follow the link:  MV BBC EDGE – Marine Safety Investigation Report creator: ADOMS IID last-modified: 2024-09-16T08:10:57 guid: https://adomsiid.org/?p=956 subject: Uncategorized title: Maestro – Enclosed space fatality link: https://adomsiid.org/maestro-enclosed-space-fatality description: A crew member did not respond when called via VHF. During the search for him on board the ship, the crew member was found in the cargo hold entry trunk showing no signs of life. To read the full marine safety investigation report, please follow the link: MV MAESTRO – Marine Safety Investigation Report creator: ADOMS IID last-modified: 2024-08-30T13:57:49 guid: https://adomsiid.org/?p=949 subject: Casualty Reports title: Lemland – Fatal accident link: https://adomsiid.org/lemland-fatal-accident description: While repositioning tween decks, a crew member was fatally injured when being caught between the side of a moving tween deck and a fixed container stanchion. To read the full marine safety investigation report, please follow the link: MV LEMLAND – Marine Safety Investigation Report creator: ADOMS IID last-modified: 2024-07-26T09:50:29 guid: https://adomsiid.org/?p=942 subject: Casualty Reports title: Clavigo – Contact and consequent grounding link: https://adomsiid.org/clavigo-contact-and-consequent-grounding description: A general cargo vessel grounded after experiencing heavy weather at anchorage. To read the full marine safety investigation report, please follow the link: MV CLAVIGO Marine Safety Investigation Report creator: ADOMS IID last-modified: 2023-05-24T13:34:00 guid: https://adomsiid.org/?p=933 subject: Casualty Reports title: Fairplay-33 – Fatal accident link: https://adomsiid.org/fairplay-33-fatal-accident description: A crew member fell overboard between a tug and an alongside barge. Tragically even though immediate rescue was initiated, the crew member could not be retrieved in time to save his life. To read the full marine safety investigation report, please follow the link: MV FAIRPLAY-33 Marine Safety Investigation Report creator: ADOMS IID last-modified: 2022-05-11T10:07:00 guid: https://adomsiid.org/?p=917 subject: Casualty Reports title: Francop – Fatal accident link: https://adomsiid.org/francop-fatal-accident description: A crew member was fatally injured during cargo operations in the port of Dublin. To read the full safety investigation report, please follow the link: MV FRANCOP, IMO 9277412, fatal accident creator: ADOMS IID last-modified: 2022-03-02T11:18:15 guid: https://adomsiid.org/?p=910 subject: Casualty Reports, Uncategorized title: Palmerton – Lifeboat accident link: https://adomsiid.org/palmerton-lifeboat-accident description: Two crew members were executing an ordered task on the free-fall lifeboat of MV PALMERTON when it unintentionally released and fell to the water causing the death of two crew members. To read the full marine casualty investigation report, please follow the link: MV PALMERTON, IMO 9501863, lifeboat accident creator: ADOMS IID last-modified: 2021-02-26T14:00:10 guid: https://adomsiid.org/?p=886 subject: Casualty Reports, Uncategorized title: Hanse Fortune – Fatal Accident link: https://adomsiid.org/hanse-fortune-fatal-accident description: The crew of MV HANSE FORTUNE were preparing the vessel for sea after finishing with cargo operations. The ship’s own cargo spreader was to be stowed on the forward hatch cover between two stacks of containers. The signalling crew member was fatally struck by the spreader during the process. To read the full marine safety investigation report, please click on below link: MV HANSE FORTUNE, IMO 9316103, fatal accident creator: ADOMS IID last-modified: 2021-02-26T13:21:19 guid: https://adomsiid.org/?p=884 subject: Casualty Reports, Uncategorized title: Gerhard G – Fatal accident link: https://adomsiid.org/fatal-accident-gerhard-g description: MV GERHARD G experienced a fatal accident on board during bulkhead shifting by hatch gantry crane in the port of Rotterdam in November 2014. To read the full marine safety investigation report, please follow the link below: MV GERHARD G, IMO 9534286, fatal accident creator: ADOMS IID last-modified: 2021-02-26T12:43:53 guid: https://adomsiid.org/?p=867 subject: Casualty Reports title: TOO CLOSE FOR COMFORT link: https://adomsiid.org/too-close-for-comfort description: During sea passage in the Mediterranean Sea an A & B flagged general cargo vessel collided with another cargo vessel, causing it to sink in minutes and tragically the death of 10 crew. The A & B flagged vessel suffered only minor damages to its bow and no one was injured on board. NarrativeThe collision took place in the early morning hours, in darkness but good visibility and calm seas. On taking over the watch the later sunk vessel was part of the watch handover, about 17 nm ahead on a nearly reciprocal course, clearly showing on the radar. The OOW on the A&B vessel’s bridge took the approaching vessel as an ARPAR target and when it came in sight, judged by the navigation lights he saw and the CPA shown by the radar that all would go clear with a green to green passing. At a distance of around 3.5 nm to the approaching vessel the OOW on the A&B vessel, still thinking all will go clear with 0.8 nm as CPA after altering course by a couple of degrees to port, left the console to check the position and enter information into the log book.  On return to the cons the OOW immediately saw something was wrong as he could now see the red port light of the approaching vessel which meant a collision was imminent.  Jumping to the rudder and switching steering to manual mode, the OOW set hard to starboard but tragically this was too late and both vessels collided heavily. After the heavy impact all crew were alerted and involved in the rescue of the sinking ship’s crew. Crew members were saved by the A&B vessels crew over the bow by pulling them out of the big gash in the other vessels hull and accommodation. Sadly the foundering of the other vessel went so fast that not all crew could be rescued, as most of them must have been asleep in their cabins. It could never be assessed why the foundered vessel suddenly took a hard right turn as all was apparently clear. The manoeuver was much too late and a collision could under these circumstances not be avoided. Findings and RecommendationThis tragic incident could have been avoided by a clear course change by the A&B vessel to starboard well before, to pass red to red, thus giving room for a safe passing in the open sea. Further a lookout as required in darkness could have warned the OOW immediately when the other vessel started turning, maybe increasing the chance of a successful last moment manoeuver. It is also recommended to increase the awareness of watch keeping bridge personnel by more training in the line of bridge resource management and safe, proactive and good seamanship like behaviour. Another factor that possibly contributed to the very serious casualty was the overreliance on electronic helpers, giving a false sense of safety when it would have been necessary to stay at the cons until the situation had passed.  creator: ADOMS IID last-modified: 2019-06-21T13:22:23 guid: http://adomsiid.org/?p=234 subject: Casualty Reports