Alert 11 Nov 2025 IMCA - Watertight door and emergency hatch found open at sea Watertight doors and an emergency hatch were observed open in the ER (Engine Room) during an offshore audit. To view this IMCA Safety Flash in full, please click the 'Download Alert' button above. View Alert
Alert 11 Nov 2025 IMCA - Bunker hose obstructing emergency exit On an offshore vessel, a bunker hose was discovered routed in a way that partially obstructed the stern emergency exit hatch. To view this IMCA Safety Flash in full, please click the 'Download Alert' button above View Alert
Alert 11 Nov 2025 Safer Together - Work at Height - What are you doing to ensure the integrity of scaffolding components and prevent failures when working at height? scaffolder was erecting a tube and clip scaffold and was working from two scaffold planks positioned at 2.4 metres above grade. The scaffolder was tied off to a scaffold ledger using two fall-arrest lanyards (limited free fall to 600mm) anchored 810mm above their feet. During the task, one of the sc… View Alert
Alert 29 Oct 2025 IMCA - Japan Transport Safety Board: Two confined space fatalities The Japan Transport Safety Board has published report MA2025-4 into a fatal incident which occurred in May 2024 on a bulk carrier moored at a port in Japan. What happened? Two stevedores collapsed inside the cargo hold of the vessel during unloading operations. One died and the other was seriously… View Alert
Alert 29 Oct 2025 IMCA - MSF: Burn to arm from contact with tumble dryer A crew member suffered a minor burn on the left lower arm when reaching into a tumble dryer, and their arm touched the metal frame around the door. The incident occurred when the crew member opened the tumble dryer mid-cycle, before it had finished the program, and therefore it had not completed the… View Alert
Alert 29 Oct 2025 IMCA - LTI: Serious injury to thumb when pipe fell during maintenance A 2nd engineer on a vessel suffered a serious injury to the left thumb whilst dismantling a grey water pipe. To view this IMCA safety flash in full, please click the 'Download Alert' button above. View Alert
Alert 29 Oct 2025 IMCA - Injury after fall from vertical ladder Two crew members were performing routine engine room fire watch and thruster space rounds checking oil pressure and temperature checks, when one of them was injured falling off a vertical ladder. To view this IMCA safety flash in full, please click the 'Download Alert' button above. View Alert
Alert 13 Oct 2025 IMCA: USCG - Lithium-Ion battery system installations The United States Coastguard (USCG) has published Safety Alert 14-25 relating to Lithium-Ion (Li-Ion) battery system Installations. The alert was published following a recent Li-Ion battery fire on a passenger vessel. To view this IMCA alert in full, click the 'Download Alert' button above. View Alert
Alert 13 Oct 2025 IMCA: Worker suffered eye injuries in electric arc incident A Vessel ETO (Electro-Technical Officer) sustained light burn injuries to the eyes (“arc-eye”) due to an electrical arc spike during disconnection of a shore power cable. The ETO reportedly switched off the breaker at the quayside and managed to disconnect the cable from vessel shore connection Jun… View Alert
Alert 13 Oct 2025 IMCA: Dropped object due to over-ridden limit switch The event occurred whilst lifting an item (weighing approx. 300kg) from the deck of a vessel deck, for overboarding in subsea operations. The crane operator’s instructions were to heave the crane wire rope to lift the crane hook; whilst doing this, the crane operator disengaged the safety limit swit… View Alert
Alert 13 Oct 2025 IMCA: Worn mooring lines spotted and replaced before they parted On a vessel alongside on a windy night, hourly walkarounds were being conducted as instructed by the Officer of the watch. During one of these inspections, it was observed that one of the mooring ropes had nearly reached its breaking point due to the strong wind and the structural characteristics of… View Alert
Alert 13 Oct 2025 IMCA: Crane cab access platform collapsed The incident occurred as the Crane Operator (Bosun) was starting work. While the Bosun was climbing the ladder to the cab, the access platform with its protective cage, connected to the crane base, suddenly failed. As a result, the Crane Operator fell within the ladder's protective enclosure, which … View Alert