Fatal accident during mooring operations on a bulk carrier at Puerto Ventanas, Chile.
Marine Accident Investigation Branch
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Location: Puerto Ventanas, Chile.
Capsize and sinking of a tug, with the loss of two lives, while assisting a passenger vessel off Greenock, Scotland.
Location: Off Greenock, Scotland.
Fatal crush accident to bosun on board a ro-ro cargo vessel at Gladstone Dock, Liverpool, England.
Location: Gladstone Dock, Liverpool, England.
Marine accidents and incidents under investigation by MAIB, giving name of vessel, date, description and status of investigation.
Marine accidents and incidents under investigation by MAIB, giving name of vessel, date, description and status of investigation.
Location: Cairnbulg Point, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Grounding and subsequent loss of a stern trawler on Cairnbulg Point, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.
Safety lessons to the fishing industry about the importance of wheelhouse and watchkeeping best practice to maintain fishing vessel safety.
Safety lessons to the fishing industry about the importance of wheelhouse and watchkeeping best practice to maintain fishing vessel safety.
Marine accidents and incidents under investigation by MAIB, giving name of vessel, date, description and status of investigation.
Location: Halfway Reach, River Thames, England.
This report provides information on the branch's activities during 2023.
Capsize of a recreational craft on Roadford Lake, Devon with the loss of two lives.
Location: Roadford Lake, Devon, England.
Location: Roadford Lake, Devon, England.
This annual report provides information on the branch's activities during 2023.
Owners, operators and skippers of fishing vessels fitted with side shell doors urged to ensure suitable and sufficient risk assessment of watertight integrity.
This bulletin urges owners, operators and skipper of fishing vessels fitted with side shell doors to ensure suitable and sufficient risk assessment of watertight integrity.
Collision between pair trawlers resulting in the flooding and sinking of Guiding Star south-east of Fair Isle, Scotland.
Safety lessons to the fishing industry about emergency preparedness, understanding your vessel's survivability and maintaining a safe navigational watch.
Location: 33 nautical miles south-east of Fair Isle, Scotland.
Read our latest collection of lessons learned from marine accidents.
Learn safety lessons from a selection of marine accidents involving vessels from the merchant, fishing and recreational sectors.
Fatal fall from height on bulk carrier Equinox Seas at ONEX Syros Shipyard, Ermoupoli, Syros, Greece.
Location: ONEX Syros Shipyard, Ermoupoli, Syros, Greece
Location: River Nene, Wisbech, England.
The MAIB Data Portal, designed to provide public access to a subset of maritime accident data, has launched.
Marine accidents and incidents under investigation by MAIB, giving name of vessel, date, description and status of investigation.
Serious injury to a crew member on board a survey and supply vessel at Portland, England.
Location: Portland, England.
The MAIB Data Portal, designed to provide public access to a subset of maritime accident data, has launched.
Fatal man overboard from a sail training vessel at Sharpness, England.
A safety message to the shipping industry signposting guidance on how to safely rig a gangway.
Location: Sharpness, England.
Fishing vessel owners and crew urged to review their deck risk assessments to ensure hazards associated with shooting or recovery of creels are fully mitigated.
This bulletin urges fishing vessel owners and crew to review their deck risk assessments ensuring that hazards associated with the shooting or recovery of creels are fully mitigated.
Location: off the coast of Misool Island, Indonesian archipelago.
Marine accidents and incidents under investigation by MAIB, giving name of vessel, date, description and status of investigation.
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Flooding and partial sinking of an inflatable migrant boat resulting in the loss of at least 8 lives in the Dover Strait, England.
Location: Dover Strait, England, UK.
Capsize and sinking of a fishing vessel south-east of Exmouth, England.
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