Green-Guatemala

A crew member of the 'Green Guatemala' badly injured his shoulder after a fall in rough seas on May 21, 2021, while transiting from the Irish Sea into the Celtic Sea while enroute from Lagos to Las Palmas. He had to be evacuated from the ship by the Falmouth lifeboat. The reefer diverted to Falmouth and was expected in Falmouth Bay in the early evening. At 5:52 p.m the Falmouth lifeboat was requested to launch to carry out the medical evacuation of the casualty. It was launched at 6.10 p.m. The boat headed out into Falmouth Bay into was a WSW 5-6, moderate sea and swell. There was fair visibility, overcast with rain showers. The pilot boat had already transferred a pilot to the vessel which headed into the lee of the west side of Falmouth Bay. Once on scene at 6:14 p.m. the lifeboat went alongside the vessel while underway so the casualty could be transferred to the lifeboat using the pilot ladder. The crew member was safely on board the lifeboat by 6:22 p.m. and having been assessed by the two casualty care trained lifeboat crew, one of whom was a doctor, the lifeboat then headed back towards Falmouth where the casualty was safely landed ashore to await the arrival of an ambulance. The casualty was transferred to hospital at 8:30 p.m. Report with photos: https://www.falmouthpacket.co.uk/news/19323933.falmouth-lifeboat-launched-help-injured-crewman/

The vessel was detained in Sheerness for six days on 13 November 2011 because the hours of rest were not available for the chief and second engineer since March (before the previous Master) in addition the deficiencies marked ISM are objective evidence of a serious failure or lack of the implementation of the International Safety Management (ISM) code. Other deficiencies identified: included, the embarkation steps were broken; there were temporary guard rails; the hand rails were corroded and holed; the cleanliness of the engine room and steering rooms was insufficient; and there was excessive hydraulic oil in numerous 45 gallon drums on the deck. The vessel was released from detention on 18 November 2011