MAIB Safety Bulletins
Safety Bulletins are produced when urgent safety issues emerge during the course of an investigation and the Chief Inspector decides to disseminate this important information in advance of the main investigation report being produced.
The following Safety Bulletins are available for downloading:
| Vessel Name | Vessel Type | Accident Type | Issue Date |
| Milly (SB1/2013) |
Rigid Hulled Inflatable Boat | Ejection of family of six from an 8.0m RHIB in the Camel Estuary leading to two fatalities and serious injuries to two people | 5/05/2013 |
| Tombarra (SB2/2011) |
Car Carrier | Malfunction of a proximity switch, which resulted in the failure of a fall wire with the loss of one life on Tombarra | 12/05/2011 |
| Tombarra (SB1/2011) |
Car Carrier | Overweight rescue boat identified during the investiagtion into the failure of a fall wire with the loss of one life on Tombarra Shipowners warned of rescue boats being heavier than designed - Feedback sought from owners and operators to try and determine the extent of the problem email MAIB. |
18/04/2011 |
| RMS Queen Mary 2 (SB4/2010) |
Passenger Cruise Vessel | Catastrophic failure of a capacitor and explosion in an 11kV harmonic filter on board RMS Queen Mary 2 | 3/12/2010 |
| Commodore Clipper (SB3/2010) |
Ro-ro passenger Vessel | Vehicle deck fire on board Commodore Clipper | 7/7/2010 |
| Oscar Widle (SB2/2010) |
Passenger Ferry | Failure of fixed high expansion foam system to extinguish fire on board Oscar Wilde | 1/3/2010 |
| Olivia Jean (SB1/2010) |
Scallop Dredger | Safety critical stability issues identified on board Olivia Jean | 1/1/2010 |
| Young Lady and Stellar Voyager (SB1/2009) |
Tanker | Catastrophic failure of high pressure hydraulic anchor windlasses on both Young Lady and Stellar Voyager | 17/8/2009 |
| Hurlingham (SB3/2008) |
Class V Passenger vessel | Passenger fatality during disembarkation from Hurlingham | 25/9/2008 |
| Viking Islay, Sava Lake and Saga Rose (SB2/2008) |
ERRV, General Cargo Vessel and Passenger Cruise Vessel | Fatalities in enclosed spaces in three separate incidents | 11/7/2008 |
| Time Flies (SB2/2007) |
Rigid Inflatable Boat | Failure of seat attachement on Time Flies resulting in three crew falling overboard | 1/12/2007 |
| Haitian Sloop (SB1/2007) |
Sloop | Capsize of sloop while under tow by Turks and Caicos Islands' Police Launch Sea Quest with the loss of 59 lives | 12/6/2007 |
| Sunfast 37 yachts (SB2/2006) |
Jeanneau 'Sunfast 37' Bermudan rig yachts | Gybing on yachts - two separate accidents resulting in life threatening injuries to crew members | 31/5/2006 |
| Star Princess (SB1/2006) |
Passenger Cruise Vessel | Fire on board Bermudan registered Star Princess | 27/4/2006 |
| Sorceror 373 powerboats (SB3/2005) |
Powerboats | Very serious injury to the 13 year old co-driver of a powerboat following a collision in Portland harbour during a junior offshore race | 24/8/2005 |
| Tugs and Vessels under tow or escort (SB2/2005) |
Tugs and Merchant Vessels | Collisions and contacts between tugs and vessels under tow or escort in United Kingdom Ports | 6/6/2005 |
| Loch Lomond RIB (SB1/2005) |
Rigid Inflatable Boat | Two fatalities from a high-speed RIB accident | 1/5/2005 |
| Coral Acropora (SB3/2004) |
Gas Carrier | Accidental release of Vinyl Chloride Monomer from Coral Acropora while alongside ar Runcorn | 31/8/2004 |
| Julian Paul (SB2/2004) |
Fishing Vessel | Quick release arrangements for the manual deployment of inflatable liferafts | 1/8/2004 |
| Elegance (SB1/2004) |
Fishing Vessel | Near lethal use of CO2 on board Elegance, 30 miles north-west of the Shetland Islands | 1/3/2004 |
| Breakaway V (SB2/2003) |
Hired Motor Crusier | Capsize of Breakaway V on the River Bure, Norfolk | 1/8/2003 |
| P&OSL Aquitaine (SB1/2003) |
Ro-ro Passenger Vessel | Fatal accident during a marine evacuation system deployment drill in Dover Harbour | 1/2/2003 |
| Nottingham Princess (SB5/2002) |
River Cruiser | Collision between Nottingham Princess and Trent Bridge | 1/12/2002 |
| Portsmouth Express (SB4/2002) |
High Speed Craft | Wave wash incident | 30/11/2002 |
| Jacoba (SB3/2002) |
Fishing Vessel | Grounding | 1/10/2002 |
| Radiant (SB2/2002) |
Fishing Vessel | Loss of one crewman following the sinking of Radiant about 45 miles north-west of the Isle of Lewis | 1/5/2002 |
| Willy (SB1/2002) |
Product Tanker | Grounding of Willy in Cawsand Bay, Cornwall | 1/2/2002 |
| Ash and Dutch Aquamarine (SB2/2001) |
Motor Vessels | Collision between Ash and Dutch Aquamarine south-east of Hastings in the Dover TSS, resulting in the loss of one life | 31/10/2001 |
| Grand Turk (SB1/2001) |
Frigate | Accident to crewmember on board Grand Turk while alongside in HM Dockyard, Portsmouth | 1/10/2001 |
| Pride of Bilbao (SB4/2000) |
Ro-ro Passenger Vessel | Launching and recovery of rescue boats | 1/8/2000 |
| Fivla (SB3/2000) |
Ro-ro Passenger Vessel | Bow visor opening and closing procedures | 1/8/2000 |
| Solstice II (SB2/2000) |
Fishing Vessel | Fatal accident to crewmember | 1/6/2000 |
| Solway Harvester (SB1/2000) |
Fishing Vessel | Foundering 11 miles east of the Isle of Man resulting in the loss of seven lives | 1/2/2000 |
| Dory-type boats (SB4/1999) |
Dory's | Unstable dories, flooded void space | 1/12/1999 |
| Rachel Harvey (SB3/1999) |
Fishing Vessel | Grounding and Foundering of Rachel Harvey off Peninnis Head, St Mary's, Isle of Scilly resulting in the loss of one life | 1/11/1999 |
| Purdy (SB2/1999) |
Angling Boat | One man lost from Purdy after it was struck by a large wave off Harwich | 1/8/1999 |
| Lord Trenchard (SB1/1999) |
Sail Training Vessel | Explosion on board Lord Trenchard resulting in injuries to four people | 1/7/1999 |
