Accidents

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.

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

NTSB published an investigation report on an incident where a pilot of a towing vessel left the helm unattended, leading to a grounding.

On 22 May, the containership NCL Salten, with 16 crew members onboard, ran aground in the Trondheimsfjord near Lauvset, in Norway.

On May 20, 2025, a fire broke out at around 3 a.m. local time on Chevron’s deepwater Benguela Belize Lobito Tomboco (BBLT) oil platform, located offshore, about 60 miles off the coast of Cabinda, Angola.

NTSB released its Safer Seas Digest 2024, highlighting the most important lessons learned from 34 maritime casualties in 2024.

Thirty Indonesian fishermen were rescued in the South China Sea on 20 May after their vessel, Facific Memory II, capsized near Pedra Branca.