2021 annual report published by MAIB
UK MAIB (Marine Accident Investigation Branch) published its annual report for 2021, reporting that it raised 1530 reports of marine accidents and commenced 22 investigations in 2021. However, no deaths were recorded on UK-flag ships, despite the fact that the number of casualty probes increased.
In 2021, the branch received 194 reports about sub-standard pilot ladders. Of those, 172 pilot ladders (88.6%) were not rigged in compliance with SOLAS guidance, and 22 were observed by the pilot as being in a materially poor condition. Fortunately, serious accidents have been rare, but the potential clearly exists and the branch will continue to collate statistics in 2022.
According to UK MAIB, Ratings/Deck suffered the most, as 17 incidents were reported for their rank. Coming in second, officers/deck suffered 12 incidents, the same as Ratings/Engine, with Officers/Engineering reporting 10 incidents.
More instructive facts and serious incidents and ground of non-compliant issues are presented in this report, for any consideration.
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