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IMCAIMCA SF 17/26Industry safety notice
Vessel contact during materials transfer in deteriorating weather
Date
Date not disclosed · published Oct 1, 2026
Vessel or facility
Two vessels alongside
Location
Not disclosed (IMCA anonymises Safety Flash content)
IMCA reports that as weather rapidly deteriorated, one vessel lost heading and position control and was pushed toward the other. With the cargo sling still connected neither could manoeuvre clear, and the sterns made contact, damaging both.
- Collision
- Loss of Position
- Lifting / Crane
IMCAIMCA SF 12/24Industry safety notice
PSV loss of position and uncontrolled swinging load during backloading
Date
Date not disclosed · published Jun 18, 2024
Vessel or facility
Platform supply vessel (PSV)
Location
Not disclosed (IMCA anonymises Safety Flash content)
IMCA reports that adverse weather, technical issues and high thruster wash caused a PSV to lose position during backloading, leaving a container swinging uncontrolled. No damage or injuries. IMCA notes the event will also appear as an IMCA DP Incident report.
- DP related
- Dynamic Positioning
- Loss of Position
- Lifting / Crane
- Near Miss
NTSBMIR-22/26Final report
Capsizing of liftboat SEACOR Power off Port Fourchon
Date
Apr 13, 2021
Vessel or facility
SEACOR Power · Liftboat
Location
About 7 miles off the coast of Port Fourchon, Louisiana
The US-flagged liftboat SEACOR Power capsized in a severe thunderstorm with winds exceeding 80 knots. Six people were rescued, six were recovered deceased and seven were never found and are presumed dead.
- Capsizing / Stability
- Fatality
BSEEBSEE Panel 2023-003Final report
Inspector fatally pinned by falling steel plates aboard drillship West Neptune
Date
Jan 24, 2021
Vessel or facility
West Neptune · Drillship
Location
Mississippi Canyon Block 727
An Allrig inspector conducting a loose lifting gear inspection on Seadrill’s West Neptune was pinned and fatally injured when five steel plates (about 4,000 lb total) fell on him after a ratchet strap was released.
- Fatality
- Dropped Object
- Lifting / Crane

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Inspector fatally pinned by falling steel plates aboard drillship West Neptune

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