IMCA Digest - September 2024

• PLBs: a simple device that can save lives at sea

• Man overboard during motion compensated gangway transfer
• UK HSE: fall from height injury at container port
• Tampering with approved safety devices 
• Injury to little finger – LTI
• Laceration to right index finger
• Near miss: lift bag released unintentionally from crane hook
• Nitrogen cylinder ruptured
• Offshore platform decommissioning near miss
• NTSB: Fire on vessel – stray electrical current during welding
• MAIB: vessel collision caused by mismatch between bridge and engine room control

No DP events published during this period.

• Requirements for IMCA-approved ROV introductory training courses
• IMCA assessment procedure for training course approval
• Requirements for IMCA-approved Diver Medic training courses
• Requirements for IMCA-approved Trainee Air Diving Supervisor training courses
• Requirements for IMCA-approved Trainee Bell Diving Supervisor training courses
• Requirements for IMCA-approved Assistant Life Support Technician training courses

• Interim Industry Transit Advice, Southern Red Sea and Gulf Of Aden, September 2024

• 3-5 September 2024 - International Conference on Maritime Logistics and Ports Malaysia (ICMLP)
• 4 September 2024 - IMCA South America Regional Meeting
• 12 September 2024 - IMCA Lifting & Rigging Seminar 2024
• 18 September 2024 - IMCA Circular Economy webinar