Marine Accident Investigations
When an accident or hazardous occurrence happens, the International Safety Management (ISM) Code and domestic Safety Management System (SMS) regulations expect it to be reported, investigated and analysed, with corrective action to prevent it happening again. Too often, internal investigations stop at "human error" or a missed procedure. Mor Ocean's investigators look deeper, at the equipment, procedures, communication, workload and organizational factors that shaped the decisions people made. The result is an evidence-based report your management, your crews, and if needed your insurers, flag state or classification society can rely on. The same root cause methods work for quality problems: we also investigate serious nonconformities and customer complaints, so the fix addresses the cause, not just the symptom.
What's included?
Marine Accident Investigation
On-site or remote evidence collection, interviews and timeline reconstruction.
Root Cause & Human Factors Analysis
Structured analysis that goes beyond "human error" to the underlying causes.
Hazardous Occurrence & Near-Miss Review
Learning from events that could have been accidents, before they are.
Corrective Action Planning
Practical actions linked back into your Safety Management System (SMS), with follow-up to confirm they work.
Why choose Mor Ocean to investigate?
Our team brings experience as national marine investigators, regulators, auditors and vessel operators. We know what a thorough investigation looks like, and we know how findings are read by the people who matter. We stay independent of the outcome, treat the people involved fairly, and write clear reports that separate facts from analysis. Most importantly, we make sure the lessons learned end up in your SMS, so the same accident doesn't happen twice.
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Straight answers to the questions we hear from our clients every day...
We gather evidence, interview the people involved, and apply structured root-cause analysis to find out why the accident or occurrence happened, not just what happened. Our team's background includes regulatory and investigative roles. You get findings and corrective actions that strengthen your Safety Management System (SMS) and hold up to outside scrutiny.
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