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TSB recommends vessel operators’ safety management systems be audited by external parties
September 15, 2017 by Canadian UnderwriterVessel operators’ safety management systems should include standard operating procedures for low visibility conditions, the Transportation Safety Board of Canada said in an investigation report released Thursday. On June 29, 2016, a Halifax-based sightseeing vessel with 39 people on board…
Tug vessels that collided had no formal safety management systems: TSB
August 21, 2017 by Canadian UnderwriterA May, 2016 collision between two logging tugs near Nanaimo, British Columbia demonstrates that some marine firms are “not effectively managing their safety risks,” the Transportation Safety Board of Canada said in a report released Thursday. On May 24, 2016,…
Lack of safety management systems found in “numerous” marine, aviation accident investigations: TSB
July 24, 2017 by Canadian UnderwriterFifteen years after four passengers drowned in an accident aboard an amphibious sightseeing vehicle across the Ottawa River from the nation’s capital, the Transportation Safety Board of Canada warned Thursday that there has “been only limited progress” on expanding the…
TSB reiterates call for federal regulator to audit safety management systems of Canada’s railways ‘in sufficient depth and frequency’
July 11, 2017 by Canadian UnderwriterDespite efforts by Transport Canada to audit safety management systems of federally-regulated railways, the risk associated with weak railway safety management systems is sufficient to warrant continued involvement from the Transportation Safety Board of Canada, the board suggested Tuesday. In…
TSB calls for ‘explicit risk management processes’ for commercial passenger vessel operators
June 15, 2017 by Canadian UnderwriterThe Transportation Safety Board of Canada reiterated Wednesday a 13-year-old recommendation that the federal government mandate safety management systems for small passenger enterprises. TSB released Wednesday an investigation report into the fatal capsizing Oct. 25, 2015 of the Leviathan II…
Water level detectors in all below-waterline compartments should be mandatory for large fishing vessels: TSB
April 21, 2017 by Canadian UnderwriterMore than 26 years after the fatal sinking of a leaking fishing vessel north of Nova Scotia, the federal government has still not mandated water level detectors on all large fishing vessels, the Transportation Safety Board of Canada warned this…
TSB reiterates recommendation to require all fishing vessels have anti-exposure worksuits or survival suits
March 24, 2017 by Canadian UnderwriterThe federal agency responsible for investigating boating accidents reiterated this week a warning that many small fishing vessels are permitted to operate in cold waters without anti-exposure worksuits or survival suits. In March, 2016, the Transportation Safety Board of Canada…
‘No progress’ since 2010 of mandating safety management systems to “broader range” of aviation, marine companies: TSB
November 1, 2016 by Canadian UnderwriterSome firms in Canada’s marine and aviation sectors are allowed to operate with no formal safety management processes, the Transportation Safety Board of Canada warned Monday. “Safety management systems have not yet been mandated in all sectors of the transportation…