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8 Oct 2025
MB-2025-006
Fire on board a special-purpose vessel, 22 km south-west of Adelaide, South Australia, on 8 October 2025
2 Jul 2025
MB-2025-005
Fall overboard during pilot transfer, Moreton Bay, Queensland, on 2 July 2025
25 May 2025
MB-2025-003
Serious injury on pilot launch, 8 km from Devonport, Tasmania, on 25 May 2025
4 Mar 2025
MB-2025-002
Gangway railing collapse during pilot boarding, about 18 km east of Gladstone, Queensland, on 4 March 2025
6 Feb 2025
MB-2025-001
Failure of ship’s pilot ladder during pilot embarkation, Newcastle Pilot Boarding Ground Bravo, New South Wales on 6 February 2025
24 May 2023
MB-2023-001
Ship’s pilot ladder failure resulting in person overboard, Christmas Island, ATW (Australian Territory Waters), on 24 May 2023
3 Aug 2021
MB-2021-002
Landing craft contact with shoreline Smiths Creek, Cairns, Queensland, on 3 August 2021
29 Jan 2021
MB-2021-001
Fire, Multi-purpose vessel Southern Ocean, on 29 January 2021
15 Oct 2019
MB-2019-002
Contact by an anchor handler with an offshore rig, Bass Strait, Victoria, on 15 October 2019
16 Dec 2018
MB-2019-001
Collision between two ships, Port Hedland anchorage, Western Australia, on 16 December 2018
14 Jun 2018
MB-2018-002
Contact by a general cargo ship with a berthed ship, Newcastle, New South Wales, on 14 June 2018
25 May 2018
MB-2018-001
Anchor loss involving general cargo ship, Port of Bunbury, Western Australia, on 25 May 2018
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