Lessons learned
The Norwegian Maritime Authority regularly publishes lessons learned from marine incidents and accidents.
The Norwegian Maritime Authority regularly publishes lessons learned from marine incidents and accidents.
Navigation bridge exposed to powerful green laser light or bright light in the fairway.
This time, we take a look at a near-accident on board a ferry.
Occasionally, the Norwegian Maritime Authority receives reports of incidents related to crew injuries suffered during a drill. This can be related to the launching of rescue boats or liferafts or demonstration of dry-shod evacuation.
Since the beginning of 2018, the Norwegian Maritime Authority (NMA) has registered 31 fall-related accidents on board Norwegian vessels. As many as 16 of these incidents have resulted in absence from work totalling more than 72 hours for the injured party.
The Norwegian Maritime Authority often receives reports of accidents where crew members are injured during mooring operations. Crew members are involved in fall accidents on shore, on board or overboard. The nature and causes of the reported accidents are different.
A moored offshore vessel was going to load brine, i.e. Calcium Chloride Brine (CaCl2) and Sodium Chloride Brine (NaCl), each of 50 m3, into the brine