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International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA) provides lessons learned from an incident where a crewman was injured during hose handling operations.
The incident
The incident occurred when a vessel was preparing for bulk cargo operations at an offshore installation. The installation crane operator lowered a bulk hose with dry break connection to the vessel where the crew were standing by to connect.
Once received, the crew attempted to connect the dry break connection to the midships manifold on top of the safe haven, but the hose was too heavy to manoeuvre due to residual liquid inside. The crew further struggled to connect due to the angle of the vessel manifold and an awkward series of rigid connectors and adapters on the hose end.
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Two weeks have passed since a Kerala-based Indian sailor gone missing in the waters off Tunisia, without any updates on his case.
Up until this point, no information has been shared by the relevant authorities and the Director General of Shipping. Since April 2022, three sailors from Kerala, have been missing.
As informed, the vessel was anchored at Sfax anchorage based in Tunisia. The Indian seafarer who is employed as the Ordinary Seaman on the Panama-flagged vessel dubbed MV Efficiency OL, appeared missing on 26 April at around 9am.
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National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) published a report regarding a captain’s decision to leave the wheelhouse unattended as the vessel transited the St. Marys Entrance on autopilot, resulting in the vessel’s grounding and sinking off Cumberland Island, Georgia.
The incident
On June 9, 2021, at 0800, the crew of the Sage Catherine Lane left the anchorage in Cumberland Sound and began transiting outbound on the St. Marys River to engage in shrimping offshore. About 0900, the captain maneuvered the vessel outside of the navigation channel and continued on an easterly course between the red buoys and the northern jetty, due to high traffic within the channel. As the vessel transited parallel to the channel outbound, crewmember 1 went to the bow to secure the anchor, and crewmember 2 went to his room. The captain, who was alone in the wheelhouse, set the vessel’s autopilot to maintain the vessel’s heading out of the inlet to open water as the vessel started passing the jetty.
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A total of 23 incidents of armed robbery against ships were reported in Asia during January-March 2022. This accounts for a 35% increase in the total number of incidents compared to the same period in 2021.
Piracy and Armed Robbery Against Ships in Asia
A total of 23 incidents of armed robbery against ships were reported in Asia during January-March 2022. No piracy incident was reported during this period. Of the 23 incidents, 22 were actual incidents and one was an attempted incident.