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Maritime Safety Week event demonstrates man overboard recovery techniques and highlights how little time there is to effect a successful rescue.
As Maritime Safety Week starts, Captain Andrew Moll OBE shares his thoughts on the challenges of recovering a person overboard.
Fatal person overboard from a stern trawler, south-east of the Shetland Islands, Scotland.
Fatal person overboard from a lone-operated creel fishing vessel, west of Fast Castle Head, south-east Scotland.
Carbon monoxide poisoning on a sports cruiser moored at Port Hamble Marina, England, with the loss of two lives.
Read our latest collection of lessons learned from marine accidents.
Safety warning highlighting the hazards of flexible hose installations, following a fire on board a cargo ship while departing Hull, England.
Tug towing pennant failure while assisting a berthing operation in Southampton, England, resulting in damage to its wheelhouse windows and injuries to its crew.
Two men overboard from a prawn trawler in the Sound of Rùm, Scotland, with the loss of one life.
Fall of a suspended buoy from a workboat crane at a fish farm off the Isle of Muck, Scotland, resulting in serious injuries to a deckhand.
Statement from our Chief Inspector, Captain Andrew Moll OBE, at the start of this year's Carbon Monoxide Awareness Week.
Capsize of a single-handed creel fishing vessel near Cairnbulg, Scotland, with the loss of one life.
Flooding and sinking of the survey workboat Bella in the approaches to Lynmouth, England.
Mooring deck accident on board a cargo vessel at Kavkaz South anchorage, Russia, with the loss of one life.
In our final Maritime Safety Week blog, Simon Graves and Graham Wilson explain how issuing a safety warning during an investigation can have an immediate effect.
We are taking the opportunity during this Maritime Safety Week to raise awareness of essential components for safer mooring operations.
The importance of the pilot ladder, by Bill Evans, Inspector of Marine Accidents.
As Maritime Safey Week begins, the MAIB will be publishing a series of blogs reiterating safety messages to the industry. Here Andrew Moll discusses fishing vessel safety.
Capsize and sinking of a whelk potter in Colwyn Bay, North Wales, with the loss of three lives
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