Safety Parent

An explosion onboard the waste disposal vessel Hunts Point on 24 May claimed the life of one person and injured two others.

Allianz Commercial has published its Safety and Shipping Review for 2025, which finds that the industry faces an increasingly volatile and complex operating environment, marked by attacks against shipping, vessel detentions, sanctions, as well as the fall-out from incidents involving damage to critical sub-sea cables.

Survitec has called on the industry to prepare for the change to international fire protection regulations for RORO and ROPAX ships.

CHIRP Maritime draws lessons learned from a near-miss incident during offshore lifting operations, where a trainee deckhand was lifted and fell. 

The Transport Accident Investigation Commission (TAIC) has launched an investigation into an explosion onboard the Malta-registered bulk carrier M.V. Olivia which occurred on 24 May 2025 in South Port, Bluff, New Zealand. 

A fire broke out on the Song Doc offshore oil platform on 21 May during decommissioning work, resulting in the death of 1 worker.

The watch officer on the containership NCL Salten that ran aground and crashed into a garden near Trondheim has admitted to falling asleep.

A Russian missile strike on port infrastructure in Odesa on May 26 killed two people and injured eight others, Ukrainian news sources reported.

The container vessel MSC ELSA 3 capsized approximately 38 nautical miles off the coast of Kochi, Kerala, India, while reportedly transporting hazardous cargo.

The Canadian Marine Careers Foundation (CMCF) has released the Canadian Seafarers Pathway Study, highlighting a critical shortage of labour and skills in the country's marine transportation sector.