Neither vessel takes action to avoid collision, results to one listing

Capt. John

Swedish Club’s Navigational Claims 2020 issue pays great attention to a collision incident, highlighting that both vessels saw the danger but none took preventive actions to avoid the collision, resulting to one of the vessels listing.

A 1,000 TEU container vessel, vessel A, was sailing towards the pilot station at 17 knots, with the vessel being in manual-steering mode and on a course of 280°. Given the afternoon hours, the visibility was restricted and there was fog. The bosun on the deck was...

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