Casualty Information

Norwegian Hull Club wishes to contribute to increased safety on board, focusing on Lives, Health, Environment and Assets and extracting Useful Experience. These Newsletters refer to cases we have experienced.

2012 February Attention to details
2012 March Emergency Towing Procedures
2011 January Ice navigation
2011 April Bunkering practices
2011 May Human error
2011 July Can you recover data from your VDR?
2011 September STS transfer operations
2011 October Normalisation of Deviance
2011 December The NAABSA Clause
2010 January Heavy weather
2010 February "Don't ignore alarms!"
2010 April Pilot's Role and Crew Responsibility
2010 May A short history of a collision
2010 September Understanding the importance of tugs and pilot
2010 November Onboard machinery repairs
2010 December Carriage of Nickel Ore in bulk.
2009 April Damage to underwater cables
2009 May Back to basic
2009 August Voluntary Stranding
2009 October "Pilot take charge!"
2008 February Collision in congested waters
2008 April Check lists
2008 July Change of oil
2008 September Hurricane avoidance planning
2008 November Damage to fenders
2007 January Water mist fire protection system
2007 March Hot work #2
2007 May Emergency Anchoring
2007 July Collision in broad daylight
2007 October Little strokes fell great oaks
2007 November Collision in open waters
2006 February The alarms are set off
2006 April The Approach
2006 June The rage of a hurricane
2006 August Recovery of VDR information
2006 August The story so far (1-50) - general reflections
2006 October Hot work #1
2006 November The hazards of tunnel vision
2005 January The engines stop
2005 March Anumber of elements creating a "chain"
2005 May The simple life
2005 October The hatch cover bends
2004 January Collision and grounding
2004 March Near collision and grounding.
2004 May The pipe cracks.
2004 June Explosion and fire
2004 September A minor fire ends with a total loss
2004 November Lack of robust procedures often results in major consequenses
2003 January Servere fire damage in engine room
2003 March Damage to hatch at sea
2003 May Drifting ship caused oil rig to be evacuated
2003 July Routine tank transfer of heavy fuel oil (HFO) turns into a major fire.
2003 August A ship with a pilot embarked grounded on her way out a narrow channel in heavy fog.
2003 December A ship is heaving anchor too late in order to ride off rough weather.
2002 February Fire damage to substandard maintenance work performance
2002 March Two vessels collided
2002 May Large vessel grounded in narrow canal in strong winds
2002 July Two vessels collided
2002 October A 35.000 GT, 190 metre long carrier touched bottom in a good marked fairway
2002 November Vessel grounded in canal
2001 January Regular port assistance became a salvage situation
2001 March Grounding by dragging of anchor
2001 May Grounding due to lack of BRM
2001 June Services rendered developed into an alleged salvage situation
2001 August Engine repairs led to grounding and total loss
2001 October Lack of adherence to the rules led to collision in open sea
2001 December Engine casualty due to substandard maintenance work performance
2000 January Grounding of vessesl deviating from route, pilot embarked
2000 March A 70.000 GT bulk carrier grounded on the berthing approach
2000 April Relatively small fire being quickly contained
2000 May Electrical fire
2000 July A 25.000 GT vessel was leaving port by a long and narrow channel
2000 September A 15.000 GT vessel grounded while leaving port by a long and narrow channel
2000 November A tanker carrying a highly flammable cargo had a small tank explotion while in doc
2000 December Collision in a traffic separation zone
1999 January Collision between large ship and fishing vessel in open waters
1999 February Turbocharger breakdown at sea
1999 March 1. Heavy damgae to vessel in port, due to strong winds
1999 April Collision between two ships in fog
1999 June 1. Grounding after emergency port call
1999 July Vessel swept ashore by strong winds
1999 September Structural damage discovered after rough voyage
1999 November Serious damage of rudder stock
1999 December 1. Damage to tug and vessel goin alongside
1998 March Fire, engine damage, towing failure and subsequent total loss
1998 May Sea Empress approaching Milford Haven
1998 September Immobilized ship assisted by tug
1998 December Damage resulting from contamination of lubrical oil cooling and feed water