The electro-technical officer (ETO) was repairing an instant reaction electronic welder’s mask. The tablet-style lithium ion battery needed replacing, and because of the compact na... Read more
A general cargo vessel was in port loading packaged timber. The ship was moored to a large barge equipped with a knuckle boom crane. This was being used to load the ship, together... Read more
A tugboat was in port for repairs. The company’s port engineer boarded the vessel to check on the ongoing repairs and in particular the status of the steering equipment maintenance... Read more
An Electrotechnical Officer (ETO) and an oiler were undertaking maintenance on the ship’s elevator. They had opened the inspection cover to the reduction gear of the elevator winch... Read more
An outbound tanker was transiting a restricted area at the port entrance. Suddenly, the main engine shut down. The Master quickly ordered the forward maneuvering station to let go... Read more
In the early evening hours the fire alarm sounded showing an alarm on B deck. Fault situation on ship Smoke was also reported on the port side of B deck. The re source was localiz... Read more
Repetitive alarms occurred when crew performed steering tests to move the rudder through its range of motion. The alarms indicated a ‘hydraulic lock’ event, even though the steerin... Read more
The vessel was underway on the open ocean in rough weather. The electrical officer and another crew were to check the tightness of the accommodation blower’s V-belts. Prior to the... Read more
The Master of a bulk carrier, newly arrived on board, noticed the starboard provision crane was not straight but slightly bent upward. A closer inspection showed cracks on the pain... Read more
As edited from Canadian TSB report M17C0205 A chemical product carrier was bound upriver and had just exited a lock when the bridge team reported a bow thruster alarm and shutdown.... Read more
