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reasons. I can tell you that we increasingly receive reports Finally, each copy of the Annual Review comes with a wafer
from shipping companies and ship managers, who submit flash drive. On this you will find a pdf version of this Digest
their in-house accounts of accidents and near misses so and copies of 12 short videos based upon some of the
others can learn from them. This is a generous and caring reports we have received. Also, in a MS Excel work book, a
policy which indicates there are still good employers in the comprehensive list of incident investigations, near miss re-
industry. On the other hand, many of our reports come from ports and safety alerts issued by a selection of government
individuals who are obviously not working for such decent maritime agencies and shipping industry sources around
people. These individuals often suffer terrible hardships and the world.
risk losing their livelihood by reporting to us, but they do it
anyway and we salute them. The videos cover:
1. BA compressor – union coupling failure.
In the first Annual Digest I noted an increasing number of 2. Uncontrolled release of a blocked pipe.
reports from the leisure and yachting sectors, and this trend 3. Close encounter crossing a traffic separation scheme.
continues. We also seem to be receiving more reports from 4. Hazards of pilot boarding.
the fishing industry, although the numbers remain quite low. 5. A safe means of access – at ALL times.
We would like to receive more submissions from them, and 6. Simply unsafe practices
from container ships, dry bulk carriers, passenger vessels, 7. Safety when handling tugs.
port operators and the offshore industry. So if you work in 8. Damage to an anchor windlass hydraulic motor.
those sectors, please consider reporting your accidents and 9. Let’s hear it for best practice.
near misses – you might save lives! 10. Attempted armed robbery.
11. Issues relating to pilot boarding.
There are several ways you can submit a report, and they are 12. The Deadly Dozen.
described within these pages. We make it as simple as pos-
sible, and confidentiality is assured, so please think about it. Once again, we hope you will find the Annual Review and the
videos helpful, but please let us know. Your comments are
Once again we have divided the Digest into themed sec- important, and will help ensure CHIRP Maritime continues to
tions to assist readers to find the topics which most in- provide the information you need to make our industry safer.
terest them, but many of the reports could have been as-
signed to more than one section, so we urge you to study Bon voyage!
them all.

For more detailed and focused searches, we recommend the
searchable database on our website www.chirpmaritime.org.

Within most sections you will also find Advisory Board In-
sight articles that illuminate topics covered in that section or
provide additional information. They are written by experts,
and are well worth reading.

Our final section on the Human Element contains some very Editor: Captain Alan Loynd
interesting observations by Ian Shields as a result of his de- FNI FITA MCIArb BA(Hons)
tailed collection and analysis of safety data, and a reminder
of the ‘Deadly Dozen’ causes of accidents which are all-too-
often written off simply as human error.

The appendices contain some very important documents, in-
cluding the latest flow chart describing what happens when PLEASE NOTE ALL REPORTS RECEIVED BY CHIRP ARE
a report is submitted to CHIRP. We include it to demonstrate ACCEPTED IN GOOD FAITH. WHILST EVERY EFFORT IS MADE
that we make every effort to maintain the anonymity of our TO ENSURE THE ACCURACY OF ANY EDITORIALS, ANALYSES
reporters while we process a report. To date, we have never AND COMMENTS THAT ARE PUBLISHED IN THIS DIGEST,
revealed the identity of anyone who contacted us, and you PLEASE REMEMBER THAT CHIRP DOES NOT POSSESS ANY
will see the steps we take to ensure this continues. EXECUTIVE AUTHORITY.

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