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Safety System Failures Led to Serious Fall Injury Aboard Tasmanian Ferry, Investigation Reveals

gCaptain 03 Dec 2025
The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) investigation uncovered several critical safety lapses ... The ATSB’s broader findings revealed that ... The full report can be found on the ATSB website.
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ATSB Investigation: Serious fall injury onboard passenger vessel

SAFETY4SEA 27 Nov 2025
ATSB has issued an investigation report into a serious fall injury in the engine room of passenger/Ro-Ro vessel “Spirit of Tasmania 1” which occurred in Geelong, Victoria, on 6 March 2025 ... ATSB.
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ATSB Investigation: Tanker loses propulsion in port of Brisbane

SAFETY4SEA 19 Nov 2025
ATSB has issued an investigation report into the loss of propulsion experienced by Gaschem Homer during its departure from the port of Brisbane on 15 March 2025. The incident ... About 2 minutes later, the crew restored the electrical power ... RelatedNews.
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ATSB report reveals two near-misses on runway at Melbourne airport

Australian Broadcasting Corporation 11 Nov 2025
A Melbourne airport runway that had been shortened by more than a kilometre led to two close calls involving commercial flights in September 2023 ... .
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Passenger planes come within metres of hitting workers at Melbourne airport - video

The Guardian 11 Nov 2025
The runway had been temporarily shortened from 3,657 metres to 2,089 metres to allow for night-time resurfacing works ... ....
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ATSB: Ineffective BRM contributes to collision in the Port of Fremantle

SAFETY4SEA 03 Nov 2025
The 333-metre, Singapore-flagged Maersk Shekou was being navigated into Fremantle under the direction of two harbour pilots in heavy squall conditions before dawn on 30 August 2024, an ATSB investigation final report details ... ATSB Investigation.
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ATSB Investigation: Maersk Shekou & STS Leeuwin II collision in Fremantle Port

SAFETY4SEA 03 Nov 2025
The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) has issued an investigation report regarding the collision between the container ship Maersk Shekou and tall ship STS Leeuwin II ... ATSB ... What the ATSB found.
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Bridge Team Breakdown: How Communication Failures Led to Containership’s Collision with Tall Ship

gCaptain 03 Nov 2025
Phone Call Distraction During Critical Passage ... “This highlights the importance of minimizing distractions on the bridge, especially during critical stages of a passage,” ATSB Chief Commissioner Angus Mitchell said in the report.
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ATSB finds medical episode likely before fatal Midwest plane crash

Australian Broadcasting Corporation 14 Oct 2025
A report by the Australian Transport Safety Bureau reveals the pilot of a fatal crash in Ogilvie likely suffered an "incapacitating" medical episode ... .
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ATSB interim report: Propulsion failure during pilotage of bulk carrier

SAFETY4SEA 09 Oct 2025
The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) issued an interim report regarding an incident of propulsion failure during pilotage of the bulk carrier FMG Nicola at Port Hedland, Western Australia, on 7 February 2025.
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Pilots, Tugs Prevent Grounding of Fully Laden Ore Carrier in Australia’s Port Hedland

gCaptain 09 Oct 2025
According to ATSB Chief Commissioner Angus Mitchell, “Over the next half hour, the ship neared the western, and then the eastern side of the channel, before travelling along the channel’s eastern edge as it slowed gradually.”.
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ATSB: Undocumented modification contributed to steam burns on oil carrier

SAFETY4SEA 30 Sep 2025
A steam drain line modification, which was not documented or subject to a risk assessment, contributed to an accident on an oil tanker which resulted in burns to three crew members, an ATSB report recently detailed ... ATSB.
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ATSB Investigation: Crew members sustain burn injuries during maintenance

SAFETY4SEA 26 Sep 2025
What the ATSB found. The ATSB found that prior to commencing maintenance work on the cargo heating system main deck steam valve, the crew did not allow adequate time for the steam system to cool.
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