Marine Accident Investigation Branch

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The Marine Accident Investigation Branch ( MAIB ) is the UK's marine casualty investigation agency . It reports to the UK Department of Transport and investigates marine casualties in British waters and those involving ships flying the British flag around the world. Their task is limited to investigations into the cause of accidents in order to then give safety recommendations to prevent further similar incidents. Since August 3, 2009, the company has been based at Mountbatten House in Southampton , Hampshire . The Federal Bureau of Maritime Casualty Investigation performs the same tasks in Germany and for German ships.

history

The MAIB was founded in 1989 as a result of the accident of the Herald of Free Enterprise , which capsized off Zeebrugge . 193 people were killed in the accident, many of them British .

Jurisdiction

The MAIB can investigate any occurrence in UK waters, as well as occurrences on board UK ships anywhere in the world.

The agency was given a variety of rights under the Merchant Shipping Act of 1995. Together with the older Air Accidents Investigation Branch and the Rail Accident Investigation Branch , they report directly to the Minister of Transport.

The investigations are carried out precisely, but are limited to researching the causes of the accident with the intention of issuing safety recommendations in order to prevent comparable cases. All UK commercial vessels are required to report incidents such as marine accidents or injuries to seafarers or passengers. Of the 1500 to 2000 reports annually, around 40 to 50 are examined more closely and the results are published in reports. The reports have no legal force and do not hold anyone responsible for the accident - that is a matter for the courts and law enforcement authorities, but they can certainly act in parallel, such as in the case of the sinking of the sailing yacht Cheeki Rafiki .

Publications

Accident reports provide detailed information about the course and cause of a ship accident. They contain safety recommendations for maritime shipping. From this, short safety flyers are produced that briefly summarize the causes of the accident and the corresponding recommendations. They may be put together differently for different recipients, as the lesson from a disaster in commercial shipping is often different from that for recreational shipping and the suggestions are not generally applicable to all ships.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ " Welcome to the MAIB website ." Marine Accident Investigation Branch. Retrieved on September 21, 2009.
  2. ^ The Herald of Free Enterprise - The official investigation report (Report of court No. 8074) , Third. Edition, Department of Transport, UK (DOT) and Her Majesty's Stationery Office (HMSO), Taunton September 1, 1987 (Retrieved June 8, 2017).
  3. ↑ a b MAIB - About us . MAIB. Retrieved March 30, 2018.
  4. ^ What really happened, Learning by in depth accident investigation . Archived from the original on January 21, 2013. Retrieved March 30, 2018.
  5. ^ Department for Transport: Steve Clinch appointed as new Chief Inspector of Marine Accidents . Department for Transport. February 15, 2010. Retrieved April 18, 2013.
  6. ^ "After the political union of England and Scotland in 1707, the nation's official name became 'Great Britain'", The American Pageant, Volume 1 , Cengage Learning (2012)