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Learning the lessons from marine incidents
The safety reports below are summaries of marine incidents that actually occurred in Queensland. The safety reports highlight the lessons to be learnt from the incident. The cases presented here are representative only, and have been selected for the learning points that may benefit mariners confronted with similar circumstances.

Queensland marine safety legislation requires all marine incidents to be reported to a shipping inspector within 48 hours. Further, the report must be made on the approved marine incident report form (PDF, 53 KB).

The offence of failing to report a marine incident is A$300 for an on-the-spot Marine Infringement Notice.

A marine incident is an event generally including damage to your boat and or another boat or danger of personal injury. More common incidents include collisions, groundings, capsize, fires and swamping.

For easy reference, the safety reports have been classified according to the type of ship that was involved in the marine incident.

Recreational ship incidents — 2008

Recreational ship incidents — 2007

Recreational ship incidents — 2006

Commercial ship incidents — 2006

Fishing ship incidents — 2006

Recreational ship incidents — 2005

Commercial ship incidents — 2005

Fishing ship incidents — 2005

Recreational ship incidents — 2004

Commercial ship incidents — 2004

 
Fishing ship incidents — 2004

Merchant ship incidents — 2004 (including pilotage incidents)
 
Disclaimer
Safety reports are prepared by the Compliance Unit, Executive Services and Compliance Branch, Maritime Safety Queensland. Safety reports are intended to draw the attention of the marine community to the lessons arising out of investigations into marine accidents. Consequently, the reports do not assign fault or blame nor do they determine liability.

The contents of these reports are subject to alteration or correction. Extracts can be published without specific permission providing the source is duly acknowledged.

Last reviewed: 18 April 2012