Safety Alert
Ship Allisions Result in Severe Damage to Fixed Facilities
Ship Allisions Result in Severe Damage to Fixed Facilities
- BSEE
- Safety Alert
- BSEE Safety Alert 414
- Marine OperationsStructural and Asset Integrity
- Regulation and legislationStructural and asset integrityVessel collision
- Inspection and maintenanceNavigation
- Navigation and positioning equipment
- Emergency responseFunctional testingPreventive maintenanceSafety communication
- Marine industryUpstream oil and gas
- Offshore installation
Summary
Reports two oil tanker allisions with South Pass shelf platforms in October 2020 and January 2021, causing damage without injuries or pollution. Investigations remained ongoing. Recommendations address navigation-aid inspections, conditional notices to mariners, consideration of close-ship protocols and drills, regulatory compliance audits, and post-allision topside and underwater structural surveys.
Classifications: Regulation and legislation; safety legislation; regulatory requirements.
Classifications: Structural and asset integrity; asset integrity; structural integrity.
Classifications: Vessel collision; ship collision; marine allision.
Classifications: Inspection and maintenance; asset inspection; equipment maintenance.
Classifications: Navigation; vessel navigation; passage planning.
Classifications: Navigation and positioning equipment; ECDIS; AIS; chart plotters.
Classifications: Emergency response; emergency preparedness.
Classifications: Functional testing; function test.
Classifications: Preventive maintenance; preventative maintenance; planned maintenance.
Classifications: Safety communication; toolbox talk; toolbox talks.
Classifications: Marine industry; shipping industry; maritime sector.
Classifications: Upstream oil and gas; oil and gas extraction; upstream petroleum.
Classifications: Offshore installation; offshore platform; offshore rig.
BSEE Safety Alert 414. Themes: marine operations, structural and asset integrity.