Transport Safety Investigations

This bulletin highlights the key safety lessons from the MAIB’s investigation.

Location: North Sea.

This bulletin urges prospective customers intending to stay on liveaboard vessels to book through reputable vendors only.

This bulletin urges owners, operators and skippers of fishing vessels fitted with side shell doors to ensure suitable and sufficient risk assessment of watertight integrity.

This bulletin urges fishing vessel owners and crew to review their deck risk assessments ensuring that hazards associated with the shooting or recovery of creels are fully mitigated.

This bulletin urges boat operators to keep an effective lookout at all times when a vessel is underway, and stresses the importance of maintaining detailed and frequent communications with other boat operators in the vicinity.

This bulletin urges owners and operators of beam and scallop trawlers to inspect their vessel’s quick-release arrangements and to make any necessary changes to the equipment or its operation to ensure the safety of crew working on deck.

This bulletin urges owners and operators of small commercial passenger vessels to review their operations and procedures in line with current safety guidance.

This bulletin urges all owners and operators of DSB liferafts serviced by Comfer Marin SL, Spain between Jan 2017 and June 2022 to contact the nearest approved Survitec liferaft service station.

The importance of installing and maintaining safety critical systems to comply with the approved classification standards and in accordance with relevant guidance is highlighted following a fire on board the ro-ro cargo ship Finnmaster while departing Hull, England.

Initial investigation into a fire on board the ro-ro cargo ship Finnmaster while departing Hull, England, found potential manufacturing defects with pilot system hose assemblies.

Initial findings of the investigation into a fatal accident to a crewman while working on an upper vehicle deck.

We have issued a safety bulletin to the cruise industry to highlight the importance of using anchoring equipment within its intended design parameters.

We have issued a safety bulletin highlighting the importance of installing carbon monoxide (CO) alarms on boats with enclosed accommodation spaces.

We have issued a safety bulletin highlighting a potentially serious hazard associated with condensed aerosol firefighting suppressant particles after the fatal accident on fishing vessel Resurgam.

Urgent safety lesson issued after a fatal inversion of a sailing boat with a retractable keel.

Urgent safety lessons issued after shift and toppling of freight vehicles on board a ro-ro passenger ferry in heavy weather.

Urgent bulletin issued after working in a refrigerated salt water tank resulted in a fatal accident on board fv Sunbeam (FR487) at Fraserburgh, Scotland.

Urgent safety lesson issued after the yacht Tyger of London capsized off Tenerife, Canary Islands due to a shallow draught, lead keel failure.

Urgent safety lessons issued after the failure of a throw bag rescue line during a boat capsize rescue drill on 24 March 2018.

Urgent safety lesson issued after a fatal man overboard from the sailing yacht CV30 in the Indian Ocean on 18 November 2017.

Location: Felixstowe container terminal, England.

This document warns of the dangers of carbon monoxide poisoning after the death of holidaymakers on the Norfolk Broads.

Location: 8.5 miles east of the River Tyne, England.

Location: Aberdeen Harbour, Scotland.

Location: UK coastal waters.

Urgent recommendations made to ship owners/managers, industry bodies/organisations and the Maritime and Coastguard Agency.

This document is for operators of vessels with electric propulsion which have large capacitors in harmonic filters.

This documents makes safety recommendations to tanker operators.

Urgent recommendation made to the Maritime and Coastguard Agency.

This document makes an urgent recommendation to owners/operators of dory-type boats, and highlights the dangers of flooded void spaces.

This document makes urgent recommendations to hire boat operators and all bodies/authorities responsible for the licensing of such vessels.

Urgent recommendation made to the Turks and Caicos Islands’ marine police unit.

This document warns of the dangers of carbon monoxide poisoning following 2 deaths on the scallop dredger Eshcol.

Urgent recommendation to manufacturer and request for further information from ship owners, ship managers, windlass manufacturers, classification societies and marine accident investigation organisations.

This document makes urgent recommendations to ship owners, masters and the Maritime and Coastguard Agency.

Safety concerns regarding marine safety helmets have been highlighted and an urgent recommendation to RYA made.

This document makes urgent recommendations to all UK competent harbour authorities and all bodies responsible for safety of navigation on UK rivers.

This document recommends the vessel not undertake any further fishing operations until safe operation can be ensured.

This documents makes urgent recommendations to ship owners and masters.

This documents urges drivers of power boats to check and use kill-cords following ejection of a family of 6 from a RIB.

This documents urges users of power boats use kill-cords correctly, wear suitable clothing and lifejackets, and have the means to summon assistance.

This document makes an urgent safety recommendation to the owner of the fishing vessel and highlights health and safety shortcomings.

Urgent recommendation to owners of ships fitted with high expansion foam systems utilising the atmosphere from within a protected space.

This document urges RIB owners and operators to ensure checks can be made on their own craft.

This documents gives advice to owners and operators of similar vessels following a fire and sinking of ECC Topaz off Lowestoft, England.

Urgent recommendations issued to Maritime Administration of the UK, Flag States, Cruise lines and operators/managers of passenger vessels.

This document makes urgent recommendations to owners/skippers of fishing vessels.

This documents highlights safety concerns to owners, operators and crew of yachts.

This document highlights urgent action to be taken by the Maritime and Coastguard Agency and makes a recommendation to users of small craft.