Date Issue Released
Issue number
Issue Owner
Petra Marine Australia
Safety issue title
Drill schedule
Safety Issue Description

Petra Frontier’s safety management system contained procedures outlining how fire and abandon ship drills should be carried out in accordance with SOLAS and Marshall Islands requirements. However, it also contained a drill schedule that provided some contradictory information.

Date issue released
Mode of Transport
Marine
Transport Function
Marine: Shipboard operations
Output Number
Title
MO-2009-009-SAN-021
Organisation
American Bureau of Shipping
Date released
Approval Date
Status
Closed
Recommendation type
Issue number
Issue Owner
Ship's masters and crews
Safety issue title
Tower assembly
Safety Issue 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.

Date issue released
Mode of Transport
Marine
Transport Function
Marine: Shipboard operations
Issue number
Issue Owner
United Ocean Ship Management, Singapore
Safety issue title
Permit system
Safety Issue Description

United Treasure’s permit to work aloft system had not been effectively implemented on board the ship. In addition, the standard form for the permit did not ensure that the officer in charge of the work and its authoriser were not the same person and that a risk assessment was formally undertaken by at least two responsible officers.

Date issue released
Mode of Transport
Marine
Transport Function
Marine: Shipboard operations
Output Number
Title
MO-2009-005-SAN-024
Organisation
Ships' masters and crew
Date released
Approval Date
Status
Closed
Recommendation type
Issue number
Issue Owner
Fleet Management Limited, Hong Kong
Safety issue title
Tank entry checklist system
Safety Issue Description

While enclosed space entry checklists were being filled out by the crew members on board Bow De Jin, the checklist system was not being used as a proactive means to ensure that the necessary safety requirements were being met prior to tank entries.

Date issue released
Mode of Transport
Marine
Transport Function
Marine: Shipboard operations
Issue number
Issue Owner
Teekay Shipping Australia
Safety issue title
Job Hazard Analysis review
Safety Issue Description

The Job Hazard Analysis (JHA) for disconnecting from the CALM buoy did not provide an accurate assessment of the all of the hazards and associated risks in performing the task. In addition, the crew did not use it to assess the risks associated with undertaking an unfamiliar operation and it was reviewed without any involvement from the crew. Consequently, the JHA was not an effective means for assessing and controlling the risks associated with the operation of disconnecting from the CALM buoy.

Date issue released
Mode of Transport
Marine
Transport Function
Marine: Shipboard operations
Issue number
Issue Owner
Teekay Shipping Australia
Safety issue title
Procedures versus practices
Safety Issue Description

The ship’s procedures for connecting and disconnecting from the CALM buoy did not provide explicit, succinct and unambiguous guidance and there were differences between the procedures and the actual shipboard practices that increased the level of risk associated with those operations

Date issue released
Mode of Transport
Marine
Transport Function
Marine: Shipboard operations
Issue number
Issue Owner
National Offshore Petroleum Safety Authority NOPSA
Safety issue title
Jurisdiction
Safety Issue Description

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 is open to interpretation.

Date issue released
Mode of Transport
Marine
Transport Function
Marine: Other
Issue number
Issue Owner
National Offshore Petroleum Safety Authority NOPSA
Safety issue title
Regulatory oversight
Safety Issue Description

NOPSA does not undertake the audits necessary for maritime compliance and AMSA is only able to do so, while the facility is on station, with NOPSA’s cooperation. NOPSA had carried out annual occupational health and safety inspections on board the ship and AMSA had carried out the necessary third party audits of the system to meet its certification requirements. However, none of these audits or inspections had identified the discrepancy between the mooring hawser procedures and actual shipboard practices or that the ship’s internal review processes had not identified the discrepancy.

Date issue released
Mode of Transport
Marine
Transport Function
Marine: Other
Issue number
Issue Owner
Teekay Shipping Australia
Safety issue title
Shipboard review
Safety Issue Description

The procedures for connecting and disconnecting the import hose and disconnecting from the CALM buoy in place on board Karratha Spirit were signed off as being satisfactory and reflecting shipboard practice, but they had not been effectively reviewed on board the ship. Consequently, the ambiguities in the procedures and the discrepancies between the procedures and the ship’s practices were not identified during any shipboard review or audit and were not made known to the ship’s managers through any review process.

Date issue released
Mode of Transport
Marine
Transport Function
Marine: Shipboard operations
Output Number
Title
MO-2009-008-SAN-014
Organisation
Owners, operators and skippers of small vessels
Date released
Approval Date
Status
Closed
Recommendation type
Output Number
Title
MO-2009-004-SR-008
Organisation
The Danish Maritime Authority
Date released
Approval Date
Status
Closed - Partial Action
Recommendation type
Output Number
Title
MO-2008-010-SR-039
Organisation
Volcano Company
Date released
Approval Date
Status
Closed - Action Taken
Recommendation type
Output Number
Title
MO-2008-010-SAN-041
Organisation
Flag States, owners, operators and masters
Date released
Approval Date
Status
Closed
Recommendation type
Output Number
Title
MO-2008-008-SAN-025
Organisation
Owners, operators and masters
Date released
Approval Date
Status
Closed
Recommendation type
Output Number
Title
MO-2008-009-SR-020
Organisation
Parakou Shipping
Date released
Approval Date
Status
Closed - Action Taken
Recommendation type
Output Number
Title
MO-2009-001-SR-001
Organisation
Tasmanian Ports Corporation
Date released
Approval Date
Status
Closed
Recommendation type
Output Number
Title
MO-2008-006-SR-022
Organisation
Reederei Alnwick Harmstorf
Date released
Approval Date
Status
Closed - No Longer Relevant
Recommendation type
Output Number
Title
MO-2008-007-SR-024
Organisation
Atlantic Bulk Carriers Management, Marshell Islands
Date released
Approval Date
Status
Closed - No Action
Recommendation type