Maritime Administration of Latvia Division for Investigation of Marine Accidents Summary of marine accidents and incidents in 2009

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1 Maritime Administration of Latvia Division for Investigation of Marine Accidents Summary of marine accidents and incidents in 9 Division for Investigation of Marine Accidents of Maritime Administration of Latvia (DIMA of MAL), Trijādības str., LV, Rīga Phone: + ; Mob.ph..:+ 99; ain@lja.lv

2 Summary of marine accidents and incidents in 9 Contents Most serious accidents in 9 Investigation of marine accidents and incidents Investigation reports Recommendations Other activities of DIMA of MAL Statistics Analysis

3 Summary of marine accidents and incidents in 9 Very serious accidents in 9 In 9, DIMA of MAL carried out investigations of two very serious accidents with serious consequences. At the end of and at the beginning of 9 two Latvian fishing vessels BEVERINA and UNORA sunk and crew members lost their lives. f/v BEVERINA In this casualty a Baltika type fishing vessel BEVERINA, owned by company Baltic fish Ltd. situated in Liepaja, on nd of December in stormy weather capsized nm from the port of Liepaja, six crew members lost their lives. Main causes of the vessel s loss were vessel s main engine failure in stormy weather, sea water inflow into the ship s compartments, and shifting of cable wire cargo in the cargo hold. The causes of the loss of the crew of f/v BEVERINA were the master s inability to assess the danger of the situation and threats to the vessel and the crew. The master did not require the crew evacuation in ample. The crew members were not ordered to embark the liferaft; crew members did not use lifejackets. SAR activities performed by a Coast Guard vessel A VIRSAITIS were unsuccessful. Cooperation between the Coast Guard and Border Guard structures in order to join the Border Guard vessels for SAR operations in ample time were insufficient. f/v UNORA The second casualty took place on th of February 9 when a Baltika type fishing vessel UNORA owned by a company B Ltd. situated in Ventspils while taking out the trawl in stormy weather capsized and sank. Four crew members were rescued; two crew members lost their lives. Loss of f/v UNORA was caused by offence of ship s Stability Information in connection with the exceeded weight of the cargo of fish in the vessel s hold and on deck, and possible shift of fish cargo in cargo hold after a vessel s list to starboard. During investigation it was established that overweight of cargo in fishing vessels is a common offence. Sometimes the weight of cargo of fish in a fishing vessels times exceeds the allowed weight which is noted in a ship s stability criteria. According to international and national maritime acts of casualty investigation DIMA of MAL developed safety recommendations to eliminate the risk of similar accidents in future.

4 Summary of marine accidents and incidents in 9 Investigation of maritime accidents In 9 DIMA of MAL received notifications about marine accidents and incidents: o very serious casualty o serious casualty o less serious casualty o incident Summary Very serious casualties Serious casualties Less serious casualties Incidents Latvian flagged vessels Full investigation Preliminary investigation Other countries flagged vessels Full investigation Preliminary investigation In total Investigation reports Full investigation Date Ship s name Ship s type Flag Gross tonnage Nature of accident..9 UNORA fishing Latvia Loss of fishing vessel UNORA and two of her crew members in the Baltic sea...9 VECRĪGA Inner waterwayspassenger Latvia Collision with the bridge. Contact with the underwater rocks in port of Sal Rei (Cape Verde)...9 SAVA LAKE General cargo Latvia *On the st of October 9 an investigation report was completed about loss of fishing vessel BEVERINA and her six crew members in the aquatorium (outer roadstead) of the port of Liepaja on nd December. Marine accident investigation reports are published in a webpage of Maritime Administration of Latvia:

5 Summary of marine accidents and incidents in 9 Recommendations In 9 safety recommendations were issued to the following organisations and structures: Ship owners Maritime Safety Inspectorate of MAL Marine and Inland Waters Administration Latvian fisheries association Seaman s register of MAL Coast guard Police Ship master s At the time of this annual report safety recommendations were accepted; no response received on safety recommendations and on safety recommendations time limit for answering not yet runed out.

6 Summary of marine accidents and incidents in 9 Other activities of DIMA of MAL In 9 DIMA of MAL investigators participated in following forums and trainings: th European Maritime Accident Investigators International Forum in Budapest EMSAMarine accident investigators training seminar in Lisbon EMSAConsultative Technical Group for Cooperation in Marine Accident Investigation seminar in Lisbon EMSAVDR training seminar for marine accident investigators in Southampton DIMA of MAL marine accident investigator training and improvement of practical skills in Marine Accident Investigation Branch (UK) EMSA s Symposium Judicial and Safety Investigations into Marine Casualties and Incidents in the context of Dir 9//EC, th November 9 EMSAEuropean Marine Casualty Information Platform, Transfer of Data to EMCIP training seminar in Lisbon

7 Summary of marine accidents and incidents in 9 Statistics Site of accident port of Liepaja Outside Latvian territorial waters port of Salacgriva port of Skulte port of Riga port of Ventspils port of Pavilosta Latvian territorial waters Latvian inner waters 9

8 Summary of marine accidents and incidents in 9 Casualty statistics, 9 Year Total number of Casualties/Incidents In Latvian territorial waters Outside Latvian territorial waters Type of casualty / incident Collision Contact Grounding Light grounding Fire or Explosion Engine failure Foundering / Capsizing Leackage Pollution Labour Other Casualty seriousness Very Serious Casualty Serious Casualty Less Serious Casualty Incidents Vessel type Bulk carrier Container General cargo Tanker Passenger Pass. / RoRo Fishing Tug boat Other Deaths, Total losses Deaths (result of marine casualty) Deaths (health problems, missing, etc.) Total loss of the ship 9

9 Summary of marine accidents and incidents in 9 Casualty statistics with the Latvian fishing vessels. 999 From 99 to 9 casualties/incidents occurred with Latvian fishing vessels. sailors lost their lives

10 Summary of marine accidents and incidents in 9 Analysis After marine accidents analysis it was concluded, that in very serious accidents with heavy consequences (loss of life and vessels) in period from to 9 mostly were involved fishing vessels. As per analyses, main causes of accidents were violance against national and international rules such as exceedence of cargo weight, carriage of inappropriate cargo for fishing vessels, COLREG. Year Loss of life Loss of fishing vessels 9 Loss of life (9) Fishing vessels Other type vessels 9 Loss of vessel (9) Fishing vessels Other type vessels DIMA of MAL 9 Riga