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FacebookTwitterEmailLinkedin UK MAIB has issued a safety bulletin video regarding a tug that capsized and sank off the coast of Scotland on the afternoon of 24 February 2023, tragically resulting in the deaths of both crew members. The tug was a conventional twin-screw vessel equipped with a towing hook behind the wheelhouse and a gob rope secured toward its stern. At the time of the accident, it had been assisting a passenger vessel on passage to port. RelatedNews Watch: Hybrid diesel-electric CSOV gets delivered South Korea condemns attack on HMM vessel “in the strongest terms” var jnews_module_21365314_0_6a030991ee755 = {"header_icon":"","first_title":"Related","second_title":"News","url":"","header_type":"heading_8","header_background":"","header_secondary_background":"","header_text_color":"","header_line_color":"","header_accent_color":"","header_filter_category":"","header_filter_author":"","header_filter_tag":"","header_filter_cpt_post_tag":"","header_filter_cpt_tribe_events_cat":"","header_filter_cpt_web_story_category":"","header_filter_cpt_web_story_tag":"","header_filter_text":"All","sticky_post":false,"sticky_post_filter":false,"post_type":"post","content_type":"all","sponsor":false,"number_post":"2","post_offset":0,"unique_content":"unique1","include_post":"","included_only":false,"exclude_post":"21365314","include_category":"","exclude_category":"","include_author":"","include_tag":"157,606,485,78,34,2115","exclude_tag":"","exclude_visited_post":false,"post_tag":"","tribe_events_cat":"","web_story_category":"","web_story_tag":"","sort_by":"latest","show_date":"","date_format":"default","date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","pagination_mode":"disable","pagination_nextprev_showtext":"","pagination_number_post":"2","pagination_scroll_limit":0,"ads_type":"disable","ads_position":1,"ads_random":"","ads_image":"","ads_image_tablet":"","ads_image_phone":"","ads_image_link":"","ads_image_alt":"","ads_image_new_tab":"","google_publisher_id":"","google_slot_id":"","go
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