Safety Briefings
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A tall ship named after the famed Italian explorer, Amerigo Vespucci, is to set sail on a two-year journey to promote the country’s cuisine and wine as a symbol of national identity, as part of Italy’s conservative government’s objective.
A $2 million blunder was the result of an incorrect estimate of a crane’s boom height, leading to a collision with the Houma Twin Span Bridge, according to the National Transportation Safety Board.
Palumbo Superyachts has announced they have begun construction of a new shed at the Ancona production facility in Italy which will open in September 2023.
Hattie Rogers has been named as 2022 YJA Yachtsman of the Year, the youngest- ever winner of the trophy.
Inter Terminals Sweden is collaborating with the Port of Gothenburg to introduce methanol bunkering services in the port by the end of 2023.
MAIB SAFETY DIGEST APRIL 2023 PUBLISHED
The Marine Accident Investigation Branch has published the MAIB Safety Digest April 2023, the first of its two biannual publications featuring a wide selection of case studies.
Here is an extract from the introduction written by Andrew Moll OBE, Chief Inspector of Marine Accidents.
“Welcome to MAIB Safety Digest April 2023. In my opinion, this is the more important of the MAIB’s biannual Safety Digests because it is published as the northern hemisphere emerges from winter. This is not simply an observation that the leisure boating season is about to start, though the digest does give us the opportunity to re-emphasise some good safety tips before going afloat. More to the point, anyone can be caught out as the air warms and layers of clothing are shed. Strong sea breezes that develop as the sun heats the land can add significant wind-chill that turns a pleasant day into a cold one, and anyone entering the water, deliberately or otherwise, will find the sea temperature is still very cold.
SailGP is to help bolster the numbers of endangered White’s Seahorses in Sydney Harbour as part of its Local Impact Project in the city.
The hull of the first-ever inland hydrogen vessel has arrived in Rotterdam on board the heavy lift vessel ‘Sun Shine’.
The British Ports Association has mapped out some of the most important pieces of legislation and regulation that affect ports and rated their suitability to the industry.
ARES Shipyard of Antalya, Turkey, has announced its entry into the superyacht industry after delivering a wide range of high-speed passenger and military vessels.
With the superyacht industry having doubled in the last decade, the Institute Marine of Engineering, Science and Technology (IMarEST) has launched a superyacht special interest group.
Case 12 interested me because it involves the failure of a component that was not the subject of routine maintenance or periodic replacement. Safety critical systems are full of such components; in this case it is a fuel actuator valve, but it could be a limit switch (see case 6), a pressure relief valve or any number of other items. Ships can be in service for 25 to 30 years and while many components are inspected, maintained and routinely replaced, others soldier on until they fail. When you have done all the easy jobs, start thinking about the onboard systems you take for granted, and what might happen if they were to fail suddenly. If you do find out the hard way, please let us know and we will include your story in these digests so others can learn from your experience.”
Finally, the Reul A Chuain safety flyer, reproduced at the back of this digest, helps me make the point that it is too late to start thinking about man overboard procedures when you have someone in the water. One of MAIB’s key safety messages for 2023 is not just to think about how you would recover an unconscious man overboard, but to actually practice it as realistically as possible. Put simply, if your risk assessment identifies a risk of falling or being knocked overboard, especially if one of the mitigations is wearing a personal flotation device, then should that occur the next task will be man overboard recovery. Putting a lifejacket on is easy; recovering a man overboard is not – please practice it. I hope you enjoy reading the MAIB Safety Digest April 2023 and, when you have finished, please pass the digest on so others can benefit too.”
India bans oil tankers, bulkers older than 25 years to modernize fleet and cut emissions.
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ABL Group has been appointed as a marine warranty surveyor for the transportation and installation operations on several Aker BP-operated offshore field developments located on the Norwegian Continental Shelf.
UK-based builder Princess Yachts has announced the latest edition in its S class series, the 25.43-metre Princess S80 yacht.
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