MARS
MARS is a free searchable database containing reports of accidents and near misses stretching back over a quarter of a century. Funded through the generous support of the Institute's Nautical Affiliate partners, it is one of the maritime industry's leading risk reduction initiatives and is helping to make life safer for seafarers everywhere.
Volendam - January 2011
Some of the crew were carrying out routine maintenance on one of the starboard lifeboats when the forward lifeboat fall wire parted and 2 crew members fell into the water; the lifeboat remained suspended by the aft lifeboat fall wire. One of the crew members who had fallen into the water was recovered by the rescue boat. However, the other crew member's body was eventually found some 4 hours later by port authority divers.
Tombarra - Feb 2011
During the investigation into the failure of a fall wire with the loss of one life, two causes were identified: malfunction of proximity switch and the boat being overweight.
CMA CGM Christophe Colombe - April 2011
The fall of the CMA CGM CHRISTOPHE COLOMB starboard lifeboat is attributable to a mechanical factor, which was very probably originated during the construction of the vessel.
MARS event – pilotage
For the second MARS debate of the working year, 56 students from the Antwerp Maritime Academy (AMA) gathered to learn more about piloting seagoing vessels in Belgian ports.
MARS Incident Reporting Webinar
The Mariners' Alerting and Reporting Scheme (MARS) is primarily a confidential reporting system run by The Nautical Institute to allow full reporting of accidents (and near misses) without fear of identification or litigation. Captain Drouin FNI talks about the value of incident reporting, how best to use it.