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Health and safety
Accidents and ill-health: the forgotten Covid crisis
Health and safety
EMSA reports positive findings in its annual causalities and incidents report
Health and safety
Superyacht crews warned over safety culture following Minx fatality in Cannes
Health and safety
Engine room fire causing serious injuries was linked to poor maintenance, finds MAIB
Health and safety
German investigators call for handhold rules review
Health and safety
Report brands Irish Marine Casualty Investigation Board 'not fit for purpose'
Health and safety
Report brands Irish Marine Casualty Investigation Board 'not fit for purpose'
Health and safety
Rope safety check failures led to serious injuries
Health and safety
Rope safety check failures led to serious injuries
Health and safety
MCA prosecutes Greek company over hatch cover death
Health and safety
Fatal incident exposes the risk to seafarers from fumigated cargoes
Welfare
Cargo crane fatality prompts safety recommendations from MAIB
Health and safety
Decomposition dangers surface in Maersk Honam containership fire safety investigation
Health and safety
UK must put safety before cost in emergency towing cover
Health and safety
Nautilus demands UK emergency towing cover following independent report
Campaigning
SRI calls for fair treatment of seafarers when disaster strikes
Health and safety
TS-Shipping told to review emergency response following MAIB report into grounding of Thea II
Environment
Union warns of 'trial by public opinion' after Mauritius oil spill
Environment
Union urges Panama to step up after Mauritius oil spill
International
Nautilus and ITF unions in solidarity with workers and people of Beirut
Health and safety
MAIB questions IMO cargo misdeclarations measures following Ever Smart investigation
Health and safety
Fatal fall on Dutch cargoship highlights risks of working alone
Health and safety
Insurer sees surge of ship accidents on horizon as pandemic puts squeeze on safety measures
Health and safety
Fast action by ferry crew stopped submarine smash
Health and safety
MSC Zoe investigation: Super-sized boxship safety needs radical upgrade
Health and safety
Time pressure a factor in cargo loading accident
Health and safety
Superyachts nearly take a dip in heavylift ballast blip
Health and safety
Ferry fatality prompts warning over mobile phone use
Health and safety
Red flag raised following fatal elevator accident
Health and safety
Yacht in Greenland grounding was poorly prepared for polar navigation, finds flag state
Health and safety
'Weak safety culture' and higher rate of older seafarers in occupational accidents gets MAIB attention
History
Empress of Ireland crew remembered 106 years after sinking
Health and safety
Ecdis blamed for LNG carrier grounding off Indonesia
Health and safety
90 minutes that could save seafarers' lives
Health and safety
MAIB warns of dangers of aerosol firefighting systems after fatal accident
Switzerland
Nautilus calls for independent inquiry for master indicted in Budapest river cruise fatalities
Health and safety
Unions mark eighth anniversary of Costa Concordia shipwreck
Health and safety
Safety in numbers – the latest digest of European maritime casualty figures
Health and safety
One dead, five hospitalised after drinking cleaning fluid on Boskalis FPSO
Law
Nautilus member cleared of any wrongdoing in Solent ferry crash
Education and training
EC initiative aims to improve seafarers' maritime English to reduce accidents
Health and safety
Maritime Union calls for investigation into converted livestock carriers following 'shocking' capsize off Romania
Health and safety
Shipping industry urged to act as study reveals high levels of depression, anxiety and suicidal thoughts among seafarers
Welfare
Nautilus ITF inspector raises concerns over traumatised crew after fatality on Dutch-flagged cargo vessel
Health and safety