On the east coast of Swona Island, Scotland, a grounding of the roll-on/roll-off ferry resulted in 41 injuries to passengers and crew, and damage to both the ship and the cars it was carrying.
We speak with Lizi Woodland, Chair of IMarEST’s Seafarer Mental Health and Wellbeing Special Interest Group (SIG) and Business Development Manager of the Guild of Benevolence, about some of the supportive actions being taken.
Rob Loder, Principal Inspector of Marine Accidents at the Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB), tells us why seafarer safety has always been a passion.
On 14 July 2020, the Bahamian registered passenger vessel, Navigator of the Seas, was anchored when a sudden release of steam in a feedwater tank caused a crewmember fatality.
At the ninth session of the IMO Sub-Committee on Carriage of Cargoes and Containers (CCC9), IMarEST member Dónal Burke presented research demonstrating that enclosed spaces on ships can be more deadly than previously thought.
