Marine Accident Reports

Location: Off Malaga, Spain.

Location: Bulta Skerry near Scalloway, Shetland Islands, Scotland.

Location: River Trent, England.

Location: Entering Izmir Bay, Turkey.

Location: Western Approach Channel to Southampton Water, England.

Location: Dadanwei Shuidao channel, 15 miles south of Hong Kong.

Location: River Tay, Scotland.

Location: Off the south west coast of England.

Location: On passage from Bilbao, Spain to Avonmouth, England.

Urgent safety lessons on the failure of close-fitting jacketed synthetic fibre ropes with low twist constructions.

This bulletin urges owners and operators of small commercial passenger vessels to review their operations and procedures in line with current safety guidance.

This documents makes urgent recommendations to ship owners and masters.

This document makes urgent recommendations to hire boat operators and all bodies/authorities responsible for the licensing of such vessels.

This document makes urgent recommendations to fishing vessel skippers and crews concerning fixed CO2 fire extinguishing systems.

This document makes urgent recommendations to the owner and the master of Grand Turk.

This documents highlights safety concerns to owners, operators and crew of yachts.

This document makes urgent recommendations to ship owners, masters and the Maritime and Coastguard Agency.

Urgent recommendation to manufacturer and request for further information from ship owners, ship managers, windlass manufacturers, classification societies and marine accident investigation organisations.

This documents makes recommendations to shipping companies who have, or intend to have, vertical-chute marine evacuations and to manufacturers/authorising bodies of such systems.

Urgent recommendations made to ship owners/managers, industry bodies/organisations and the Maritime and Coastguard Agency.