Incident Review
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The Italian Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport's investigation into Costa Concordia found the human element was the root cause twice over —…
NTSB's investigation into the loss of El Faro, with all 33 crew, found a captain who had numerous opportunities to route away…
NTSB's investigation into the Exxon Valdez grounding found a fatigued, uncertified third mate left alone on the bridge on a stretch of…
BSU Investigation Report 271/23: a routine rescue boat drill on the tanker SEAHAKE at Piraeus anchorage ended with three crew members injured…
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…
MV Wakashio grounded on a Mauritius reef on 25 July 2020 — six years ago today. The oil didn't start leaking for…
HMNZS Manawanui grounded on a reef off Samoa on 5 October 2024, caught fire, and sank the next morning. The Court of…
The bosun of the bulk carrier World Prize died rigging a pilot ladder off Sweden in October 2025. MAIB's investigation found no…
An offshore vessel struck a berthed container ship at the Port of Tyne on 29 July 2026, collapsing a gantry crane and…
BEAmer's investigation into the loss of the French trawler Excalibur, 16 April 2013 — a jammed warp, a 45-minute drift beam-on to…
BEAmer investigation into the explosion and fire aboard the potting/netting vessel NINJA II, 12 June 2013, English Channel. A stalled auxiliary engine,…
BEAmer investigation into the man overboard and loss of the line-fishing vessel CHIMÈRE, 1 November 2012, Ouessant. A rogue wave, a lifejacket-integrated…
BEAmer investigation into the sinking of the netting vessel LE PETIT CORSE, 18 December 2012, off Audierne. A cascading mechanical failure exposed…
BEAmer investigation into a serious crush injury during ro-ro cargo loading aboard the ferry Pascal Paoli, Marseille, 21 March 2013. A dockworker…
BEAmer investigation into the loss of the seaweed harvester CHRISTELLE MIKAEL, 21 June 2012, off Finistère. A sudden squall, an open cargo…
BEAmer investigation into the collision between the trawlers GWENVIDIK and LE SQUALE II, 25 November 2013, off Pointe de Penmarch. A skipper…
BEAmer investigation into the capsize of the trawler THE ROLLING STONES, 22 June 2014, off Port-en-Bessin. A snagged rock, parted cables, and…
BEAmer investigation into the collision between the passenger ferries ÎLE DE GROIX and ACADIE, 8 April 2013, in the Port of Lorient.…
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.…
BEAmer investigation into a fatal man-overboard aboard the potting vessel BOSCO, 10 December 2012, off Chemoulin. A crewman's foot caught in a…
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…
A sanctioned 'shadow fleet' tanker, suspected hit by a limpet mine off Oman in June 2026, is now grounded and leaking crude…
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,…
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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