While poor watchkeeping, over reliance on GPS, fatigue, commercial pressure and distractions remain as major causes of shipping accidents, new technology inevitably leads to new ways to have accidents, argues David Patraiko, Director of Projects, The Nautical Institute, in the new issue of ‘The Navigator’, looking at some of the more common causes of shipping accidents.
Mariners must always remain alert to their surroundings and have the ability and confidence to identify and mitigate risk....
In its weekly report for 24-30 September, ReCAAP ISC informed of a total of four incidents of armed robbery against ships in Asia. From these incidents, one occurred in Indian anchorage, one in a Philippine anchorage and two in Indonesia.
Of the four incidents, one was a CAT 3 incident, which is ‘less significant’ in nature, two were CAT 4 incidents, which are ‘least significant’ and one was an attempted incident. The incidents, ranked by significance, are as follows:
-30 Sept
The first incident...
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