Near-miss: Cable reel deck cargo broke loose
- Safety Flash
- Published on 25 June 2012
- Generated on 18 September 2025
- IMCA SF 06/12
- 1 minute read
The Nautical Institute (NI) has published the following safety flash regarding an incident in which a wooden cable reel, weighing about 11 tonnes, broke loose in heavy seas when a chain link parted.
Through swift action on the part of the master and the crew, the reel was secured and was not lost.
The report can be downloaded here.
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