This incident summary is based on a safety flash issued by IMCA, detailing a near miss involving electrical shock aboard a vessel during routine maintenance. What Happened A crew member suffered an

This incident report is based on a safety flash published by the International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA), detailing a Lost Time Injury (LTI) that occurred during maintenance work on a capstan aboard

The UK Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB), through Safety Digest 1/2025, shared insights from recent marine incidents. The International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA) has highlighted a case involving crew injury during mooring

An incident reported by IMCA involved a worker sustaining a back injury during confined space operations on board a vessel. The incident highlights access and egress challenges related to structural design during

The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has released Report MIR-25-09 and Investigation DCA24FM014 concerning an incident involving a crane barge and a shore-side crane. The summary is based on information shared

This incident summary is based on findings from a walkaround audit shared by IMCA (International Marine Contractors Association). It highlights two separate but related safety deficiencies observed in the vessel’s engine room:

This incident was reported by IMCA and concerns the discovery of a missing access hatch on a vessel’s communication dome during a routine inspection. The event highlighted critical issues in hatch securing

On August 11, 2022, a containership operating in the North Pacific Ocean experienced a loss of propulsion due to a controllable pitch propeller (CPP) system failure. The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB)

According to the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), an uncrewed general cargo vessel sank on March 6, 2022, during a towing operation near the Magallanes Bank, approximately 25 nautical miles northwest of