Marine Casualty Investigation Board

Marine Casualty Investigation Board is rated 3 out of 5 in the category maritime. Read and write reviews about Marine Casualty Investigation Board. The Marine Casualty Investigation Board (MCIB) examines and investigates all types of marine casualties to, or on board, Irish registered vessels worldwide and other vessels in Irish territorial waters. The MCIB objective in investigating a marine casualty is to determine its circumstances and its causes with a view to making recommendations for the avoidance of similar marine casualties in the future, thereby improving the safety of life at sea. The recommendations are published in a report on the marine casualty. The MCIB is a non prosecutorial body. We do not enforce laws or carry out prosecutions. It is not the purpose of an investigation carried out by the MCIB to apportion blame or fault.