Loss Prevention Advice
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Lessons learned from an incident where an oiler sustained head injuries while working alone in the engine room.
What happened?
An oiler was injured when working alone in the engine room. He was moving a heavy cylinder head into position so that it could be lifted using a chain block. He used a pipe to pivot the cylinder to move it. At the same time, he was standing in an elevated area and his back was facing a lower area. The pipe he was holding to move the cylinder slipped and he fell backwards. He sustained head injuries.
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On 7 March a containership and an oil tanker collided off the coast of Beylikdüzü Gürpınar, Istanbul, resulting in damage to both vessels.
The incident occurred when the containership, drifting into the anchorage area, struck the stationary oil tanker, which was anchored five miles offshore. As a result, the oil tanker suffered a rupture in one of its ballast tanks, causing contaminated water to leak into the sea. Reports also indicated that the containership sustained visible damage from the collision.
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On 24th February 2025 (the third anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine), the European Union (EU) issued its 16th package of sanctions against Russia. These include measures targeting Russia’s energy, trade, infrastructure, and transport sectors (among others) found in Council Regulation (EU) 2025/395, which further amends Council Regulation (EU) 833/2014 (the “Regulation”). Key highlights relating to shipping include:
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An animation to inform about combustible materials and fire hazards.
Combustible materials, open fire doors, small fuel and oil leaks can quickly become fire hazards, creating risk to crew members and their vessels.