The captain of a fishing trawler told the High Court that he could not hear a big merchant vessel sounding the warning whistle before the boats collided off the coast of Kerry. Joaquin Maria Antelo Madale, captain of the Kirrixhi trawler, mentioned that he did not receive radio communications from the bulk carrier, Hua Shen Hai.
The giant vessel sailed with a 44,000-ton cargo comprising bauxite to Limerick’s Aughinish Alumina when the deadly collision occurred around midnight on 11 October 2019,...