Reports
The purpose of maritime safety investigations conducted by the Maritime Accident Investigation Office (GAMA) is not to determine who failed, but to understand how the system produced the observed outcomes, identify opportunities for learningpromote lasting improvements in the safety of navigation, the protection of human life at seathe protection of the maritime environment. GAMA&rsquos investigations seek to explain, learnimprove, never to apportion blameliability.
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Date of the incident: 26-01-2026
EIKBORG - Very serious maritime casualty
Suspected contact with the seabed on departure Figueira da Foz, followed by loss of manoeuvrabilitysubsequent towage to Spain. -
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Date of the incident: 02-11-2017
ELSA MARIA - Very Serious Maritime Casualty
ELSA MARIA progressively floodedsank while unattended alongside at Peniche fishing harbour. The vessel was refloatedtaken ashore for reconstruction, and the hydrocarbon pollution was contained. -
Date of the incident: 16-01-2017
ERASMOS & BLUE EMERALD - Serious Maritime Casualty
Collision during port entry involving a vessel with limited manoeuvrability, resulting in extensive damage to two vesselsthe terminal. -
Date of the incident: 27-11-2013
ESTRELA DO OCEANO E JADE V - Serious Maritime Casualty
JADE VESTRELA DO OCEANO collided after neither vessel established a safe closest point of approach in sufficient time. No fatalitiesserious injuries were reported. -
Date of the incident: 09-06-2026
ETE PORTUGAL - Very serious maritime casualty
Unwitnessed disappearance of a supercargo during sea passage, followed by an unsuccessful shipboard searchsearchrescue operation. -
Date of the incident: 25-01-2024
FALCÃO PEREGRINO e DIVINO ESPÍRITO SANTO - Very serious Maritime Casualty
Fishing vessels under way, using engine, collided while approaching each other nearly head-on at night. FALCÃO PEREGRINO flooded rapidlysank after its crew transferred safely to the other vessel. -
Date of the incident: 06-05-2014
FÁBIO EDGAR - Very Serious Maritime Casualty
FÁBIO EDGAR capsized after being struck by a breaking wave during pot-hauling operations off Belinho. One crew member survived, while the Master&rsquos automatic-inflation lifejacket failed to inflatethe Master died following recovery the water -
Date of the incident: 06-03-2014
FÚRIA DA PESCA - Very Serious Maritime Casualty
FÚRIA DA PESCA grounded on the fishing breakwater during a night departure Sinessubsequently sank after being pulled clear. No fatalities were reported, but the vessel was a total loss. -
Date of the incident: 27-09-2022
FILIPA MIGUEL - Very Serious Maritime Casualty
An engine-room fire was detected at an advanced stagecould not be controlled. All eight crew members abandoned into a liferaftwere rescued before the vessel sank. -
Date of the incident: 01-03-2017
FRONTERA - Very Serious Maritime Casualty
Chief officer found collapsed in an enclosed space following unauthorised entrynon-compliance with enclosed space entry procedures. -
Date of the incident: 04-10-2014
GATINHO - Very Serious Maritime Casualty
An accumulation of propaneother combustible vapours exploded when GATINHO&rsquos main engine was started. The Master was seriously injured, and the resulting hull damage caused the vessel to floodsink. -
Date of the incident: 14-11-2014
GILBERTO MARIANO - Very Serious Maritime Casualty
A shore bollard fractured during the berthing manoeuvre of GILBERTO MARIANO at São Roque do Picowas projected aboard, fatally injuring a passenger waiting to disembark.