Another marine death highlights ‘shipping’s deadly problem’

The Dutch Safety Board has begun an investigation into a fatal accident that happened in the North Sea near the Dutch port of Ijmuiden, when a launch deckhand was transferring from a pilot boat to a seagoing vessel.

A docked pilot transfer vessel.

The Dutch Safety Board has begun an investigation into a fatal accident that happened in the North Sea near the Dutch port of Ijmuiden, when a launch deckhand was transferring from a pilot boat to a seagoing vessel.