The main purpose of marine safety investigation is to ascertain the level of the accident and the circumstances that caused the casualty event through prudent analysis, in order to draw useful conclusions and lessons learned by providing safety recommendations directly addressed to concerned parties for their perusal and appropriate actions. It is not the purpose of this inquiry to determine liability, nor to apportion blame to anyone or any party.

2024
DATE CLASSIFICATION TYPE OF VESSEL/S TITLE
14 April 2024 Very Serious Marine Casualty Container ECONOMIZER FIRE INCIDENT ONBOARD MV “OCEAN FREEDOM”
29 May 2024 Very Serious Marine Casualty Tanker FATALITY ONBOARD MTKR “MTC GUIJO”
25 July 2024 Very Serious Marine Casualty Tanker SINKING OF MTRK “TERRANOVA”
31 July 2024 Serious Marine Casualty Cargo ALLISION AT BERTH INCIDENT INVOLVING HONG KONG FLAG VESSEL “QI FU” (IMO NO. 9288520)
2023
DATE CLASSIFICATION TYPE OF VESSEL/S TITLE
10 February 2023 Very Serious Marine Casualty Cargo SWAMPING AND SINKING OF LCT PACIFICA 1
28 February 2023 Very Serious Marine Casualty Tanker FOUNDERING AND SINKING OF MTKR PRINCESS EMPRESS
10 March 2023 Very Serious Marine Casualty Cargo CAPSIZING AND SINKING OF UNREGISTERED SERVICE TUGBOAT OF NAGASAKA WHILE TOWING LCT JANA JULIANA
29 March 2023 Very Serious Marine Casualty Passenger FIRE ONBOARD OF MV LADY MARY JOY 3
11 April 2023 Very Serious Marine Casualty Dredger MAN OVERBOARD ACCIDENT ONBOARD MV PRINS DER NADERLANDEN
17 April 2023 Very Serious Marine Casualty Tugboat, Cargo SINKING OF MTUG SURIGAO STRAIT WHILE TOWING MV SPAN ASIA 33
28 April 2023 Very Serious Marine Casualty Tanker, Dredger COLLISION OF MTKR PETITE SOEUR AND CARRIER/DREDGER HONG HAI 189

NOTE: The marine safety investigations conducted by the ES-MCIS are separate from any criminal and/or administrative investigations, with no other basic aim but preventing future similar recurrence, through sound recommendations, by re-visiting/ reviewing applicable and existing national maritime policies, circulars and memoranda. Consequently, any use of this investigation report for other purposes may lead to erroneous or misleading interpretations.