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FacebookTwitterEmailLinkedin The Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI) Maritime Administrator has issued an investigation report regarding an incident where a crew member was fatally injured and another one was seriously injured when the anchor of a bulk carrier suddenly moved while they were inside the hawse pipe. The incident Near the end of the regular workday on 10 March 2025, crewmembers on board the Republic of the Marshall Islandsregistered AMPHITRITE, managed by Diana Shipping Services S.A., were attempting to use a hydraulic jack to free the ship’s port anchor, which was stuck in the port side hawse pipe. Two prior attempts, the first using mooring lines on 9 March 2025 and the second using a hydraulic jack on the morning of 10 March 2025, were unsuccessful. RelatedNews NTSB investigation: Towing vessel collides with bulk carrier and sinks One dead and four reportedly missing following U.S. strike on Iranian vessel var jnews_module_21363040_0_6a043dffcc856 = {"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":"21363040","include_category":"","exclude_category":"","include_author":"","include_tag":"393,558,157,244,2786","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":"
RMI Investigation: Fatal anchor incident on bulk carrier
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