Marine Accident Reports

Safety warning after accidents involving DUKW amphibious passenger vehicles

Safety warning issued about servicing and certification after a liferaft failed to inflate during an emergency

Safety warning after explosion on container vessel Manhattan Bridge results in 1 fatality and 1 serious injury

Safety warning about the securing of retractable keels or retractable weighted centreboards

Safety warning about drivers remaining in vehicle cabs while ferries are at sea

Release of phosphine gas during discharge of fumigated maize cargo from general cargo vessel Arklow Meadow

Phosphine poisoning on general cargo vessel Monika with loss of 1 life

Persons washed overboard from general cargo vessel Timberland during heavy weather with loss of 2 lives

Wash from high speed passenger ferry Stena Discovery swamping angling boat Purdy with loss of 1 life

Unintentional release of carbon dioxide from fixed fire-extinguishing systems on ro-ro vessels Eddystone and Red Eagle

Unintentional lifting and falling of tank container on container vessel Maike D with escape of harmful substance and fire

Swamping and sinking of dory with loss of 3 lives

Swamping and capsizing of rafted canoes and safety boat

Steering failure on passenger vessel Symphony and subsequent contact with bridge

Steering control failure on high-speed passenger catamaran Moon Clipper resulting in contact with pier and several people injured

Snagging, capsize and sinking scallop dredger Pescado with loss of 6 lives

Snagging, capsize and sinking of stern trawler Sundance with loss of 1 life

Snagging, capsize and sinking of stern trawler Bounty

Snagging, capsize and sinking of pair trawler Majestic with loss of 5 lives

Slipped messenger line while securing tug tow wire on bulk carrier Wah Shan with loss of 1 life