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Only a centimetre – an emergency exit hatch blocked by mooring ropes

Publisher
IMCA · International Marine Contractors Association
Type
Safety Flash
Reference
IMCA SF 12/21
Date
Themes
Evacuation, Escape and RescueVessel and Mooring

Summary

On a vessel alongside in port, an emergency exit hatch was found to be blocked. A team making a daily inspection tour round the vessel found that they could not open an emergency exit hatch providing egress from the engine room to deck on the port side at the stern.

IMCA SF 12/21. Themes: evacuation, escape and rescue, vessel and mooring.

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