Poor Bridge Management Leads To LPG Tanker Hitting Wharf

Capt. John

A National Transportation Safety Boa​rd Marine Accident Brief says that an 83,000-cubic-meter LPG tanker struck a Washington State wharf on December 15, 2019, because the pilot approached with excessive speed and at too steep an angle, resulting from poor bridge resource management by the pilot and the ship’s bridge team.

The Incident

On December 15, 2019, about 0406 local time, the liquefied petroleum gas carrier Levant was shifting 0.7 milesfrom its anchorage to the Petrogas Ferndale Wharf in...

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