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Safety bulletin 4/2024 published
Owners, operators and skippers of fishing vessels fitted with side shell doors urged to ensure suitable and sufficient risk assessment of watertight integrity.
Image courtesy of Royal Air Force
Today, we have issued a safety bulletin to the fishing vessel community following the foundering of fishing vessel Argos Georgia approximately 190 nautical miles east of Port Stanley, Falkland Islands on 22 July 2024, with the loss of 13 lives.
The Marine Accident Investigation Branch is carrying out an investigation on behalf of St Helena Government.
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