Failures
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Port News
Crew wellbeing stalled by shipboard medical privacy failures
Seafarers are not hiding their health because they don’t care, but because the system gives them no privacy, argues Doctor…
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Maritime News
Fuel Oil Bunker Report Reveals Surge in Marine Fuel Quality Failures
Lloyd’s Register (LR) has released its latest Fuel Oil Bunker Analysis and Advisory Service (FOBAS) Fuel Quality Report covering July…
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Marine World
Safety System Failures Led to Serious Fall Injury Aboard Tasmanian Ferry, Investigation Reveals
A second engineer aboard the Spirit of Tasmania I sustained serious injuries requiring surgery after falling during engine maintenance work in March,…
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Marine World
Bridge Team Breakdown: How Communication Failures Led to Containership’s Collision with Tall Ship
A breakdown in bridge resource management and a critical distraction aboard the 333-meter containership Maersk Shekou led to its collision with the…
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Marine World
Investigation Reveals Shocking Failures in Wakashio Oil Spill Disaster
Five years after the MV Wakashio ran aground on Mauritius’s south-east coast, causing the island nation’s worst maritime environmental disaster,…
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Marine World
Critical Systems Failures Led to Finnmaster Engine Room Fire During UK Port Departure
A fire that broke out aboard the ro-ro cargo vessel Finnmaster during its departure from Hull, England resulted in significant…
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Maritime News
USCG Report on Titan Cites Glaring Failures Calling Incident "Preventable"
Two years after the implosion of the submersible Titan that killed five people on their way to explore the…
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Marine World
Report Reveals Technical and Human Failures in 2014 Sewol Ferry Disaster
A report by South Korea’s Maritime Safety Tribunal (KMST) has identified multiple causes behind the April 16, 2014 Sewol ferry disaster that claimed…
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Marine World
Nut Allergy? Singapore and Rotterdam Ships Hit by Cashew-Related Failures
Several ships in Singapore and Rotterdam reported operational problems in recent months after using marine fuel blended with cashew nutshell liquid biofuel,…
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Marine World
Government Watchdog Blasts US Army For Watercraft Failures
by Captain John Konrad (gCaptain) The US Army continues to ask for more money claiming its the lynchpin in a…
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