Topic
Seafarer safety
Every Vessel Hunter story on Seafarer safety: 8 stories, from 21 August 2026 to 12 October 2026. Newest: "MAIB: Arvia lift moved on a stored call while a technician was in the shaft". Each story links to the ships and ports it names, so a name in the text opens the record behind it.
MAIB: Arvia lift moved on a stored call while a technician was in the shaft
A Filipino electrical technician was crushed in a lift shaft on Arvia after the lift was returned to normal mode and answered a stored call, the MAIB has found.
Twelve seafarers injured as LR2 tanker On Peace is hit in the Strait of Hormuz
A projectile hit the Panama-flagged LR2 On Peace in the Strait of Hormuz, injuring 12 of her 19 crew. Oman flew ten casualties to Khasab as crew hazard pay climbs.
Alfa Watan sinks off Bulgaria a day after Royad Mammadov is lost off Romania
A drone strike sank the Togo-flagged Alfa Watan and set the grain-laden Able on fire off Bulgaria, a day after Royad Mammadov sank off Romania with two dead.
Argos Georgia sank after a shell door opened in heavy seas, MAIB finds
The MAIB's final report on the longliner Argos Georgia traces the loss of 13 lives off the Falklands to a line-hauling hatch that opened in heavy seas and could not be closed.
IMO Secretary General Rules Out Hardening Merchant Ships Against Missiles
Asked at SMM whether shipping ought to reinforce vessels against missile and drone attack, the IMO Secretary General answered no, and repeated the call for ships to stay out of the Strait of Hormuz.
Two Filipino Seafarers Die Aboard the VLCC Sidr as the Hormuz Toll Reaches 18
Bahri's 300,759 dwt Sidr was hit by projectiles while transiting the Strait of Hormuz, killing two of the 16 Filipino crew and lifting the confirmed seafarer death toll to at least 18.
Nine Ships Struck in 24 Hours as Black Sea Grain War Escalates
Ukraine is reported to have struck as many as five bulkers around Novorossiysk while Russia claimed strikes on at least four ships, with one vessel abandoned after a drone attack set it on fire.
Chief Engineer Killed as Projectile Hits Bulker Off Oman Coast
One seafarer was killed when the Greek-managed bulker Minoan Dignity was struck by an unknown projectile half a nautical mile off Oman, at the western approach to the Strait of Hormuz.
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