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Finnmaster safety bulletin 1/2023 published

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Safety warning highlighting the hazards of flexible hose installations, following a fire on board a cargo ship while departing Hull, England.

Finnmaster's fire-damaged auxiliary engine room

Svitzer Mercurius report published

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Tug towing pennant failure while assisting a berthing operation in Southampton, England, resulting in damage to its wheelhouse windows and injuries to its crew.

Accident sequence: tug Svitzer Mercurius attached to an ultra-large container ship's aft; the parted towline after it recoiled and struck the tug's wheelhouse; and, the shattered starboard forward window pane from inside the tug's wheelhouse.

Reul A Chuain report and safety flyer published

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Two men overboard from a prawn trawler in the Sound of Rùm, Scotland, with the loss of one life.

Stern to bow view of Reul A Chuain’s main deck arrangement.

Stand up paddleboarding accident report published

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Four lives lost during a commercial stand up paddleboard tour accident at Haverfordwest Town Weir on the River Cleddau in Wales.

View of the accident location, showing the high water level and fast-flowing river conditions at the weir.

Annie E report published

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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.

A side-on view of the workboat Annie E in coastal waters with the forward crane clearly visible on the port side

Carbon Monoxide Awareness Week 2022

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Statement from our Chief Inspector, Captain Andrew Moll OBE, at the start of this year’s Carbon Monoxide Awareness Week.

Carbon Monoxide Awareness Week 2022 graphic illustration

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