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September 2024 marine incident report and monthly safety lesson

Tuesday 22 October 2024
There were 94 reported incidents involving domestic commercial vessels in September.
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September 2024 incident report

A vessel collided with another vessel during a person transfer in strong weather and a vessel grounded during fishing operations sustaining minor water ingress. These are some of the occurrences included in the latest incident report.

During September 2024, there were 94 reported incidents involving domestic commercial vessels. Of these, 19 were serious and one was very serious.

Read the latest incident report.

Monthly safety lesson

Practical lessons from person overboard incidents

In this safety lesson, veteran trawl fisher Mark Millward explains what he has learned from his involvement in person overboard incidents.

Your safety management systemshould include clear instructions for person overboard situations, and you and your crew should be familiar with them.

Read the monthly safety lesson.

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