The Swedish Club analyzes an incident of a collision of a container ship with a fishing vessel, while in restricted visibility. The container ship continued its voyage after the incident, which was a very bad decision by the Master, the Club stressed.
The incident
Vessel A was a 2,692 TEU container ship underway. Shortly after commencing the sea passage, visibility worsened, with dense fog and SW winds at Beaufort scale 6.
On the bridge were the Master, OOW and a lookout.
At 20:00, the Second...
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