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Marine Accident Investigation Branch
- Guidance: River Thames: current river conditions
- Transparency data: Small boat activity in the English Channel
- Press release: PM statement on the release of Eli Sharabi: 8 February 2025
- Bird flu (avian influenza): latest situation in England
- Guidance: River Thames: current river conditions
- Transparency data: Small boat activity in the English Channel
- Guidance: River Thames: current river conditions
- Bird flu (avian influenza): latest situation in England
- Press release: UK to drive international cooperation on irregular migration as host of Western Balkans Summit
- Guidance: Compensation: caseworker guidance
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Fatal accident on board a motor yacht at Falmouth Harbour, Antigua.
Location: Falmouth Harbour, Antigua.
An update from the MAIB on accidents involving dive boats operating in the Red Sea.
Marine accidents and incidents under investigation by MAIB, giving name of vessel, date, description and status of investigation.
Fire in the engine room of a UK registered roll-on/roll-off passenger ferry while approaching Fishguard, Wales.
Location: approaching Fishguard, Wales.
Marine accidents and incidents under investigation by MAIB, giving name of vessel, date, description and status of investigation.
Fatal man overboard from a potting vessel south of Hastings, England.
Safety lessons to the fishing industry about the importance of a well-kept fishing vessel and in date, fit for service mandatory safety equipment.
Location: south of Hastings, England.
Fatal accident during mooring operations on a bulk carrier at Puerto Ventanas, Chile.
Location: Puerto Ventanas, Chile.
Capsize and sinking of a tug, with the loss of two lives, while assisting a passenger vessel off Greenock, Scotland.
Location: Off Greenock, Scotland.
Fatal crush accident to bosun on board a ro-ro cargo vessel at Gladstone Dock, Liverpool, England.
Fatal crush accident to bosun on board a ro-ro cargo vessel at Gladstone Dock, Liverpool, England.
Location: Gladstone Dock, Liverpool, England.
Marine accidents and incidents under investigation by MAIB, giving name of vessel, date, description and status of investigation.
Marine accidents and incidents under investigation by MAIB, giving name of vessel, date, description and status of investigation.
Location: Cairnbulg Point, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Grounding and subsequent loss of a stern trawler on Cairnbulg Point, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.
Safety lessons to the fishing industry about the importance of wheelhouse and watchkeeping best practice to maintain fishing vessel safety.
Safety lessons to the fishing industry about the importance of wheelhouse and watchkeeping best practice to maintain fishing vessel safety.
Marine accidents and incidents under investigation by MAIB, giving name of vessel, date, description and status of investigation.
Location: Halfway Reach, River Thames, England.
This report provides information on the branch's activities during 2023.
Capsize of a recreational craft on Roadford Lake, Devon with the loss of two lives.
Location: Roadford Lake, Devon, England.
This annual report provides information on the branch's activities during 2023.
Owners, operators and skippers of fishing vessels fitted with side shell doors urged to ensure suitable and sufficient risk assessment of watertight integrity.
This bulletin urges owners, operators and skipper of fishing vessels fitted with side shell doors to ensure suitable and sufficient risk assessment of watertight integrity.
Collision between pair trawlers resulting in the flooding and sinking of Guiding Star south-east of Fair Isle, Scotland.
Safety lessons to the fishing industry about emergency preparedness, understanding your vessel's survivability and maintaining a safe navigational watch.
Location: 33 nautical miles south-east of Fair Isle, Scotland.
Read our latest collection of lessons learned from marine accidents.
Learn safety lessons from a selection of marine accidents involving vessels from the merchant, fishing and recreational sectors.
Fatal fall from height on bulk carrier Equinox Seas at ONEX Syros Shipyard, Ermoupoli, Syros, Greece.
Location: ONEX Syros Shipyard, Ermoupoli, Syros, Greece
Location: River Nene, Wisbech, England.
The MAIB Data Portal, designed to provide public access to a subset of maritime accident data, has launched.
Marine accidents and incidents under investigation by MAIB, giving name of vessel, date, description and status of investigation.
Serious injury to a crew member on board a survey and supply vessel at Portland, England.
Location: Portland, England.
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