October 2024 marine incident report and monthly safety lesson

October 2024 incident report

A vessel hit a rock and capsized during low tide, a vessel sank at a mooring overnight, and a vessel grounded under tow while underway. These are some of the occurrences included in the latest incident report.

During October 2024, there were 95 reported incidents involving domestic commercial vessels. Of these, 20 were serious.

Read the latest incident report.

Monthly safety lesson

Crew member crush injury while line handling.

A major contributing factor to crew injuries is the quality of Safety Management System implementation, including risk assessment, safety procedures, crew training and emergency drills.

It is important that risk assessments consider the ways in which injuries may occur in the operation of a vessel.

Read the monthly safety lesson.