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MAIB report on 'Sava Lake' deaths
02 Oct 2008
A report published jointly by the UKs Marine Accident Investigation Branch and the Maritime Administration of Latvia has found that the deaths earlier this year of two seafarers on board a Latvian registered cargo vessel was almost certainly due to oxygen depletion in the compartment they had entered.
The 'Sava Lake' is seen alongside in Dover UK following the accident.
A number of recommendations have been made and an industry flyer has been issued highlighting the lessons learned including the hazards of entry into Enclosed Spaces.
After loading a cargo of steel turnings in Copenhagen and Horsens in Denmark the 2,030gt Sava Lake was on passage to Leixoes in Portugal when the master noted that the two ABs were missing. A search of the ship was carried out and their bodies were found at the foot of an access ladder in the forward store adjacent to the cargo hold. The ship diverted to Dover and was met by the emergency services. A post-mortem examination found that the two crewmen died from asphyxiation.
By Peter Barker
Read the full story in the October issue of Maritime Journal.
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