Reports by incident

Hazardous Incidents

Reports have been split into three categories, Merchant, Fishing and Leisure. Click on the links within the tables to view each investigation report.

Merchant vessels

Vessel name

Vessel type

Accident type

Accident date

Ben-My-Chree
(No 17/2010)
Ro-ro passenger vessel Unintended movement of ro-ro passenger during loading operations at Heysham. 26/03/10
Costa Atlantica & Grand Neptune
(No 20/2008)
Passenger cruise ship/ Car carrier Close-quarters situation in the Dover Strait. 15/05/08
Maersk Dover/Appollonia/
Maersk Vancouver

(9/2007)
Ro-ro passenger ferry/Tanker/Container vessel Close-quarters situation between Maersk Dover, Apollonia and Maersk Vancouver in the Dover Strait 17/10/06
Coral Acropora
(No 4/2005)
Liquified gas carrier Escape of Vinyl Chloride Monomer onboard Coral Acropora at Runcorn, Manchester Ship Canal 10/08/04
Claymore
(No 24/2003)
Ro-ro cargo vessel Investigation of the entanglement in moorings of mv Claymore, St Margaret’s Hope 11/03/03
Bro Axel/Noordhinder
(No 22/2003)
Tanker/Beam trawler Near miss between Bro Axel and Noordhinder and the subsequent grounding of Bro Axel at Milford Haven 05/09/12
Matilda/
Lady Hamilton of Helford
(No 11/2002)
Feeder container/Gill netter Near-miss incident 28/06/01
Pride of Cherbourg and Briarthorn
(No 4/2002)
Ro-ro ferry/Cargo vessel Near miss between vessels in the Eastern Solent. 07/02/01
Elm/Suzanne Bulk carrier/
Stern trawler
Near-miss 11/02/99

Fishing vessels

Vessel name

Vessel type

Accident type

Accident date

Bro Axel/Noordhinder
(No 22/2003)
Tanker/Beam trawler Near miss between Bro Axel and Noordhinder and the subsequent grounding of Bro Axel at Milford Haven 05/09/12

Leisure crafts

Vessel name

Vessel type

Accident type

Accident date

Chapter Two
(No 36/2000)
Motor cruiser Intake of exhaust gas fumes into cabin spaces of motor cruiser 31/12/99