Marine Casualty Investigation Board

The Marine Casualty Investigation Board (MCIB) to be dissolved

From 01st January 2026 the Marine Accident Investigation Unit (MAIU) will carry out Ireland’s statutory marine accident investigations, taking over from the MCIB.

The Marine Casualty Investigation Board

The function of the Marine Casualty Investigation Board (MCIB) is to examine and if necessary carry out investigations into all types of marine casualties to, or on board, Irish registered vessels worldwide and other vessels in Irish territorial waters and inland waterways.

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Thursday, 4 December 2025

Interim Report of an Investigation into a Marine Casualty Involving the Fishing Vessel Boy Jason in or around 160 miles west of Co. Kerry on or about 4 February 2025

MCIB/340 Interim (No.4 of 2025)

Thursday, 4 December 2025

Interim Report of an Investigation into a Marine Casualty Involving the Fishing Vessel Blue Horizon in or around Castletownbere Harbour, Co. Cork on or about 12 August 2024

MCIB/341 Interim (No.3 of 2025)

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