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Issue: Risk assessment for the inner moorings
Number: MO-2012-001-SI-03
Description: A risk assessment for mooring a ship at the inner moorings had never been undertaken. As a result, the risks associated with leaving a ship at the inner moorings overnight during the swell season were not properly identified and strategies to minimise those risks were not implemented.
Who it affects: Ships berthed at the inner moorings at Christmas Island
Issue owner: Patrick
Date: 23 May 2013
Status: Partially addressed
Type: Proactive Action
Issue: Guidance for masters of ships berthed at the inner moorings
Number: MO-2012-001-SI-04
Description: While the pilot provided limited advice to masters of ships visiting Christmas Island, the port operator did not provide the master of ships intending to berth using the buoys in Flying Fish Cove with any written or verbal guidance regarding berthing and unberthing arrangements and emergency contingencies.
Who it affects: Ships berthed at the inner moorings at Christmas Island
Issue owner: Patrick
Date: 23 May 2013
Status: Adequately addressed
Type: Proactive Action
Issue: Joining shackle locking pin effectiveness
Number: MO-2012-001-SI-02
Description: The port operator was aware that the type of locking pin arrangement on the cantilever line joining shackle was not effective in preventing the shackle’s pin from working its way free. However, the operator had not implemented a program of replacing the shackles in the entire mooring system in Flying ...
Who it affects: Ships berthed at the inner moorings at Christmas Island
Issue owner: Patrick
Operator type: Aviation - General Industry Groups
Date: 23 May 2013
Status: Adequately addressed
Type: Proactive Action
Issue: Inspection of the mooring system in Flying Fish Cove
Number: MO-2012-001-SI-01
Description: The port operator had not implemented an effective planned inspection and maintenance program for the mooring system in Flying Fish Cove. Consequently, it had been 18 months since the underwater components of the cantilever line had been inspected.
Who it affects: Ships berthed at the inner moorings at Christmas Island
Issue owner: Patrick
Date: 23 May 2013
Status: Adequately addressed
Type: Proactive Action
Issue: MO-2011-004-SR-002
Description: Significant safety issue The analysis of trading ship operations in Gladstone that had been carried out by the relevant authorities had not appropriately considered all that could be done to prevent the grounding of a ship as a result of steering gear or main engine failure.   Action taken by Maritime Safety ...
Who it affects: Maritime Safety Queensland
Date: 30 Jul 2012
Original risk: Significant
Status: Released
Type: Recommendation
Issue: MO-2010-002-SAN-031
Description: Minor Safety IssueThe recognised safe practices of not working under or near a container being loaded is not well reflected published in national and international guidance to assist container terminal operators develop their own safety policies and guidelines.
Who it affects: Patrick Terminals
Date: 19 Dec 2011
Original risk: Minor
Status: Closed
Type: Safety Advisory Notice
Number: MO-2010-004-SAN-016
Description: Minor safety issue Training institutions delivering approved STCW courses are not keeping up to date with the introduction of wave compensation units to ensure their courses provide students with the knowledge required to safely operate these units.
Who it affects: Ship operators, ship masters and maritime training institutions
Date: 27 Jul 2011
Original risk: Minor
Status: Released
Type: Safety Advisory Notice
Issue: MO-2010-006-SAN-015
Description: Minor safety issueGlobal Supplier was built and surveyed as a Uniform Shipping Laws (USL) Code vessel and therefore was not fitted with radar or an AIS unit which would be required under the provisions of the current National Standard for Commercial Vessels. Had these devices been fitted, they would have ...
Who it affects: Small commercial vessels
Date: 19 Jul 2011
Original risk: Minor
Status: Closed
Type: Safety Advisory Notice
Issue: Steering gear testing
Description: Minor safety IssuePreliminary inspections and tests of MSC Basel's steering system did not identify any faults. However, more thorough examinations of the entire steering systems may identify any intermittent defects. Action taken by Reederei F. Laeisz Reederei F. Laeisz has advised the ATSB that the spherical bearing and pin which were ...
Who it affects: Reederei F. Laeisz
Date: 04 May 2011
Original risk: Minor
Status: Closed
Type: Safety Advisory Notice
Issue: Fatigue management
Description: Significant safety issueThere was no effective fatigue management system in place on board Shen Neng 1 to ensure that the bridge watchkeeper was fit to stand a navigational watch after the loading in Gladstone.   Response from Tosco Keymax InternationalThe ATSB has been advised by Tosco Keymax International that since the incident, ...
Who it affects: Tosco Keymax International Ship Management Co.
Date: 14 Apr 2011
Original risk: Significant
Status: Closed
Type: Recommendation
Issue: Passage planning procedures
Description: Significant safety issueThe ship's safety management system did not contain procedures or guidance on the proper use of GPS route plans and their relationship to the ship's passage plans. Response from Tosco Keymax InternationalThe ATSB has been advised by Tosco Keymax International that since the incident, in accordance with the company's ...
Who it affects: Tosco Keymax International Ship Management Co.
Date: 14 Apr 2011
Original risk: Significant
Status: Closed
Type: Recommendation
Issue: Third party inspection of lashing equipment
Description: The Australian Transport Safety Bureau advises that coastal States, flag States and classification societies should consider the safety implications of this safety issue and take action where considered appropriate.
Who it affects: Coastal and Flag States and Classification Societies
Date: 27 Jan 2011
Original risk: Significant
Status: Closed
Type: Safety Advisory Notice
Issue: MO-2009-009-SAN-021
Description: While Petra Frontier had undergone an initial flag State inspection on 4 May 2009 and routine class surveys, the most recent being a class survey completed on 12 August 2009, neither authority was aware that the ship was unseaworthy in relation to critical safety equipment when it departed Singapore. Response from ...
Who it affects: American Bureau of Shipping
Date: 14 Dec 2010
Original risk: Minor
Status: Closed
Type: Safety Advisory Notice
Issue: MO-2009-005-SAN-024
Description: The tower was not assembled as designed. The outriggers and intermediate planks, both key components, were missing and the work platform guard rails were not used. The manufacturer's instructions were also missing but no attempt was made to obtain them, a parts list or the missing parts. Safety advisory notice The Australian ...
Who it affects: Ships' masters and crew
Date: 17 Nov 2010
Original risk: Significant
Status: Closed
Type: Safety Advisory Notice
Number: MO-2008-013-SR-067
Description: Significant safety issue In this instance, the consensus of the regulatory authorities is that Karratha Spirit was not in a navigable form at the time of the accident and was therefore under NOPSA's jurisdiction according to the OPGGSA. However, the point at which Karratha Spirit became 'navigable' is not clearly defined in the OPGGSA and ...
Who it affects: National Offshore Petroleum Safety Authority
Date: 28 Sep 2010
Status: Closed - Action Taken
Type: Recommendation
Number: MO-2008-013-SAN-066
Description: Minor safety issue NOPSA does not undertake the audits necessary for maritime compliance and AMSA is only able to do so for most of the time, while the facility is on station, with NOPSA's cooperation under an MoU. NOPSA had carried out annual occupational health and safety inspections on board Karratha Spirit and AMSA had ...
Who it affects: National Offshore Petroleum Safety Authority
Date: 28 Sep 2010
Status: Closed
Type: Safety Advisory Notice
Issue: Robinson R44 operators and maintenance organisations
Description: While most flag States have laws in place that implement the UNCLOS requirement for a ship's master to render assistance to the crew of another vessel following a collision, these laws are not being effectively implemented on board all ships. Safety advisory notice The Australian Transport Safety Bureau advises that ...
Who it affects: Flag States
Date: 15 Jun 2010
Original risk: Significant
Status: Closed
Type: Safety Advisory Notice
Issue: MO-2009-008-SAN-014
Description: The evidence suggests that Class B AIS transmissions may not be reliably detected by watch keepers on board all ships. Therefore, operators of small vessels fitted with Class B AIS units should be aware that they cannot rely on the AIS unit alone to warn ships of their presence. Safety advisory ...
Who it affects: Owners, operators and skippers of small vessels
Date: 15 Jun 2010
Original risk: Minor
Status: Closed
Type: Safety Advisory Notice
Number: MO-2008-011-SAN-042
Description: Safety issue The ship's safety management system working aloft procedure was not effectively implemented on board the ship and was not routinely followed when crew members climbed the emergency ladder to assist with the stowage of the cargo crane hook. ATSB Safety advisory notice The Australian Transport Safety Bureau advises that ASP Ship Management should consider the ...
Who it affects: ASP Ship Management
Date: 14 Apr 2010
Status: Closed
Type: Safety Advisory Notice
Number: MO-2008-011-SAN-045
Description: Safety Issue The ship's health, safety, security and environment meetings and job hazard opportunity log were not effectively used to raise and discuss safety issues associated with cargo crane operations. ATSB Safety advisory notice The Australian Transport Safety Bureau advises that ASP Ship Management should consider the safety implications of this safety issue and take action where ...
Who it affects: ASP Ship Management
Date: 14 Apr 2010
Status: Closed
Type: Safety Advisory Notice
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