Two Longshore Workers Dead in Separate Shipboard Incidents [Bizerte, Tunisia – 15 & 22 June, 2023]

Two Longshore Workers Dead in Separate Shipboard Incidents [Bizerte, Tunisia – 15 & 22 June, 2023]

Posted by on Jul 19, 2023 in Bulletins

Two Longshore Workers Dead in Separate Shipboard Incidents [Bizerte, Tunisia – 15 & 22 June, 2023]

With great regret, Blueoceana Company has been made to understand that Mr. Rafik Thawed, 31 was fatally injured when crushed between two intermodal containers that were loaded/being loaded aboard an unnamed vessel at the Port of Bizerte, Tunisia on 15 June 2023.

A least one witness has stated that the crane operator loading the containers could not see Mr. Thawadi in the position he was occupying.

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Several days later (22 June 2023) an unnamed, 25 year old longshoreman working aboard an unnamed vessel unloading bulk grain fell to his death from an unspecific shipboard location.

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Above: The port of Bizerte, Tunisia
Above: Orientation of Bizerte port, Tunisia
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