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: 22-11-2014
NIVARIA - Serious Maritime Casualty
NIVARIA dragged anchor in a strong ebb currentcontacted the southern pier of the 25 de Abril Bridge. The movement of the ship was not detected in time by the bridge watchkeepers -
Date of the incident: 19-08-2020
NOVA ESTRELINHA - Very Serious Maritime Casualty
NOVA ESTRELINHA suffered massive engine-room flooding while the crew recovered the purse seine. All three crew members abandoned safely before the vessel sank -
Date of the incident: 06-10-2015
OLÍVIA RIBAU - Very Serious Maritime Casualty
OLÍVIA RIBAU capsizedsank while approaching Figueira da Foz harbour in very rough following seas. Five crew members died, two survivedthe vessel was a total loss -
Date of the incident: 12-02-2024
ORKO - Very serious maritime casualty
Grounding during entry into the port of Figueira da Foz, resulting in structural damage, water ingressthe need for shore-based assistance. -
Date of the incident: 28-03-2013
PARALELO Acidente Marítimo Muito Grave
A crew member aboard PARALELO was fatally electrocuted after an electrically powered angle grinder was soaked by seawater entering the fishing deck during surface-longline hauling operations. -
Date of the incident: 12-12-2014
PATO REALCÉU ABERTO - Very Serious Maritime casualty
PATO REAL collided with the local fishing vessel CÉU ABERTO while navigating in dense fog in the River Sado. CÉU ABERTO sank, and its sole occupant was rescued by ÉLIA. -
Date of the incident: 28-10-2014
PATRÍCIO - Very Serious Maritime Casualty
PATRÍCIO capsized after boarding successive waves while crossing the Lavaje Bar in rough seas. Both crew members were recovered, but the Master did not survive. -
Date of the incident: 15-08-2014
PEDRO VÍTOR - Very Serious Maritime Casualty
PEDRO VÍTOR left the navigable channelstruck an unmarked submerged rock on the Douro Inland Waterway. The resulting propellerhull damage caused rapid floodingthe craft sank in shallow water. -
Date of the incident: 03-06-2013
POR DEUS AJUDADO - Very Serious Maritime casualty
POR DEUS AJUDADO floodedcapsized after corroded engine-cooling pipework allowed seawater to accumulate in the unattended engine room. Five crew members survivedone died. -
Date of the incident: 11-07-2024
PRAIA DE MONTE GORDO - Very Serious Maritime Casualty
Uncontrolled water ingress the after part of PRAIA DE MONTE GORDO caused engine-room flooding, loss of powerpropulsion, abandonment, capsizingtotal loss. -
Date of the incident: 29-05-2015
PRAIA DO BALUARTE - Very Serious Maritime casualty
PRAIA DO BALUARTE flooded rapidlysank after two bottom planks were lost the engine-room area. All four crew members abandoned safely, but the vessel was a total loss. -
Date of the incident: 03-02-2025
PRAIA DO NEIVA - Very Serious MAritime Casualty
A quay ladder penetrated the vessel&rsquos underwater hull on the rising tide, causing progressive flooding, submersion, pollutionconstructive total loss.