Incident Review

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NINJA II: The Fuel Cap He Opened to Check a Stalled Engine Nearly Killed Him

BEAmer investigation into the explosion and fire aboard the potting/netting vessel NINJA II, 12 June 2013, English Channel. A stalled auxiliary engine,…

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CHIMÈRE: The Man Overboard Beacon That Had Been Dead Since 2009 and Nobody Knew

BEAmer investigation into the man overboard and loss of the line-fishing vessel CHIMÈRE, 1 November 2012, Ouessant. A rogue wave, a lifejacket-integrated…

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LE PETIT CORSE: 500kg Over the Limit, a Melted Exhaust, and a Liferaft That Took an Hour to Open

BEAmer investigation into the sinking of the netting vessel LE PETIT CORSE, 18 December 2012, off Audierne. A cascading mechanical failure exposed…

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Pascal Paoli: A Trailer That Wasn't as Stopped as It Looked

BEAmer investigation into a serious crush injury during ro-ro cargo loading aboard the ferry Pascal Paoli, Marseille, 21 March 2013. A dockworker…

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CHRISTELLE MIKAEL: 15 Minutes, a Wall of Wind, and a Third Boat Lost the Same Way

BEAmer investigation into the loss of the seaweed harvester CHRISTELLE MIKAEL, 21 June 2012, off Finistère. A sudden squall, an open cargo…

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GWENVIDIK / LE SQUALE II: The Collision That Happened Because Nobody Was Watching

BEAmer investigation into the collision between the trawlers GWENVIDIK and LE SQUALE II, 25 November 2013, off Pointe de Penmarch. A skipper…

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THE ROLLING STONES: The Turn That Shouldn't Have Mattered

BEAmer investigation into the capsize of the trawler THE ROLLING STONES, 22 June 2014, off Port-en-Bessin. A snagged rock, parted cables, and…

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ÎLE DE GROIX / ACADIE: Two Ferries, One Narrow Channel, Zero Radio Calls

BEAmer investigation into the collision between the passenger ferries ÎLE DE GROIX and ACADIE, 8 April 2013, in the Port of Lorient.…

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ÉDOUARD FRANÇOIS / VOLGO-DON 5038: The Autopilot Was Steering Toward the One Thing It Couldn't See

BEAmer investigation into the collision between the trawler EDOUARD FRANCOIS and the anchored cargo ship VOLGO-DON 5038, 22 January 2013, off Port-la-Nouvelle.…

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BOSCO: A Foot, a Line, and Ten Minutes That Weren't Enough

BEAmer investigation into a fatal man-overboard aboard the potting vessel BOSCO, 10 December 2012, off Chemoulin. A crewman's foot caught in a…

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NO.2 Ocean Pioneer: Fatal Enclosed Space Entry After an Ineffective Gas-Freeing Operation, Strait of Hormuz 2025

RMI's investigation into the death of a chief officer inside a benzene tanker's cargo tank: a gas-freeing operation defeated by an open…

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Caroline Bezengi: The Sanctioned Tanker Nobody Owns Enough to Save, Breaking Up on Oman's Turtle Coast

A sanctioned 'shadow fleet' tanker, suspected hit by a limpet mine off Oman in June 2026, is now grounded and leaking crude…

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Seacon Oslo: A Chief Officer Went In Alone to Check a Cargo Hold, and Nobody Knew He'd Fallen for Nearly Two Hours

Singapore's TSIB investigation into a fatal fall through an unguarded walkway opening aboard the bulk carrier Seacon Oslo: a permit-to-work never raised,…

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Three Men Died. What Went Wrong — And Could It Happen On Your Watch?

The Commodore Goodwill struck the L'Ecume II off Jersey on 8 December 2022. Three fishermen drowned. The investigation — held back for…

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The Chart Had a Gap, and So Did the Passage Plan: The Meshka Grounding

SHK's investigation into the grounding of the bulk carrier Meshka in the Öresund found missing ECDIS chart cells, a crew on their…

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The Bilge Alarm Never Sounded: How Ron Jeremy Sank Under Tow

SHK's investigation into the sinking of the tug Ron Jeremy found a non-functional bilge alarm, a crew without the technical knowledge to…

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288 Days in Detention, and the Highest Award ITLOS Has Ever Made

A Special Chamber of ITLOS ruled decisively in favour of the Marshall Islands over the 2022 detention of the M/T Heroic Idun,…

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Eight Hours, No Steering, and a Backup System Nobody Was Trained to Use

ATSB's investigation into the loss of steering aboard Matthew Flinders III found the backup steering system worked the entire time — the…

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The Boat Fell Ten Metres in Seconds — and the Crew Had Done Nothing Wrong: SEAHAKE's Rescue Boat Drill

BSU Investigation Report 271/23: a routine rescue boat drill on the tanker SEAHAKE at Piraeus anchorage ended with three crew members injured…

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Carrying Fertiliser Cargoes: Self-Heating, Ammonium Nitrate, and What MV CHESHIRE Actually Taught the Industry

UK P&I Club's Carefully to Carry, Chapter 11 (Fertilisers): self-sustaining decomposition, ammonium nitrate-based cargo classification under the IMSBC Code, and the real…

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"Wholly Avoidable": What the Verity / Polesie Collision Teaches Every Watchkeeper About the COLREGS

MAIB Report 5/2026 found the collision between cargo ships Verity and Polesie - which sank Verity with 5 lives lost - was…

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Lost in 40 Minutes: What the Weston Bay Man Overboard Report Means for Every Potting Crew

MAIB's report into the double man overboard from the fishing vessel Weston Bay found no physical separation from running gear, no MOB…

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The Trailer That Shouldn't Have Moved: What the Laureline Fatal Crush Means for Every RoRo Crew Member

MAIB Report 7/2026 into the fatal crush on the RoRo vessel Laureline at Purfleet found a new safety procedure that wasn't understood,…

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Six Minutes, One Assumption, Five Lives: The Jabal Hafit Collision

RMI Maritime Administrator's investigation into the Jabal Hafit / Nirali collision found a bridge team that assumed a fishing vessel would pass…

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