Marine Accident Investigation Branch
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One small step… for maritime safety
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🤯😩😥 The importance of the pilot ladder, by Bill Evans, Inspector of Marine Accidents.
🤯😩😥 As Maritime Safey Week begins, the MAIB will be publishing a series of blogs reiterating safety messages to the industry. Here Andrew Moll discusses fishing vessel safety.
🤯😩😥 Capsize and sinking of a whelk potter in Colwyn Bay, North Wales, with the loss of three lives
🤯😩😥 Capsize and sinking of a scallop dredger off Newhaven, England, with the loss of two lives.
🤯😩😥 Fatal person overboard from a single-handed creel fishing vessel, east of Torness Point, near Dunbar, Scotland.
MAIB Annual Report 2021 published
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🤯😩😥 This report provides information on the branch’s activities during 2021.
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Southampton
SO15 1GH
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