Research and analysis

Safety lessons: best practice for ship anchoring

A safety message about how to safely anchor particularly during adverse weather.

• From: Marine Accident Investigation Branch
• Published: 29 January 2009

Documents

MAIB safety flyer issued January 2009

PDF, 463 KB, 2 pages

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Details

This summary concerns a grounding after the product tanker Astral drags its anchor in storm force winds and a number of other similar accidents.

The information has been prepared for the:

• shipping industry

Related publication

An investigation report has also been produced for this accident.

Published 29 January 2009