vessels collision

1 dead, 2 missing after tanker’s collision with fishing vessel

According to the U.S. Coast Guard, two fishermen reported to be missing after the collision of the fishing vessel “Pappy’s Pride” with the chemical tanker vessel “Bow Fortune”, close to the Galveston jetties in Galveston, Texas. Due to the collision, the fishing vessel capsized, while at the moment the Coast Guard is searching for the two lost fishermen.

On Tuesday 14 January, at 3:35 p.m., the Vessel Traffic Service in Houston-Galveston was informed that four people are in the water after the...

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3 missing after tanker collides with fishing vessel

Three sailors are reported to be missing after a collision took place between the Russian-flagged tanker Glard 2 and the Turkish-flagged fishing vessel Dursun Ali Coskun during the early morning hours of Friday, January 10.

It is said that the collision occurred at the north side of the Istanbul Strait at around 0600 hours local time, causing the fishing boat to capsize and sink.

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Three from the six sailors on board at the time have been rescued while the...

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Lessons Learned: Collision between vessels in narrow channel are common

The Swedish Club issued its Navigational Claims 2020, this time focusing on a collision that took place in a narrow channel between two vessels, which although had verbal communication in conducting starboard-to-starboard operation, they end up colliding.

The Incident

A capesize bulk carrier, referred to as “vessel A”, was approaching port fully loaded with iron ore. It had a LOA of 325 metres, breadth of 52.5 metres and drafts of 17.8 metres. The water depth in the fairway of the port was more...

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Lessons Learned: Always keep a low speed in low visibility conditions

Swedish Club focuses on a collision incident concerning a container vessel which collided with a fishing vessel in challenging visibility conditions, with the Club highlighting that a vessel should not alter to port towards a vessel on its port bow in restricted visibility as vessel A did in this collision.

The Incident

A 2,692 container vessel, vessel A, began its journey which a bit later became challenging as when the vessel’s sea passage commenced the visibility worsened, while the vessel was...

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Lessons Learned: Crucial to continually evaluate ship traffic

The 2020 Navigational Claims issue by the Swedish Club, discusses a collision that took place in a river, with one of the two vessels involved having made the most crucial mistake by drifting away in the opposite fairway, affected by the weather conditions and current.

The Incident

Vessel A, a 6,500 TEU container vessel, was sailing out from a port in a busy river in the middle of the night, in good weather conditions and winds at around Beaufort scale 6. Although all the equipment at the vessel...

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Lessons Learned: Change to passage plan should be documented, appraised before implementation

Swedish Club’s Navigational Claims 2020 issue focuses on collision incidents, this time presenting a collision caused after a vessel’s grounding, believed to have been caused because the master did not follow the passage plan as is.

The Incident

In evening hours, vessel A, a 2,470 TEU container vessel, was approaching port, an hour earlier than what the master had previously planned, as the orders were that the vessel should have arrived at 20.40. Thus, to make the new ETA, the crew had to...

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Improper lookout leads to two vessels’ collision

The Swedish Club issued its 2020 Navigational Claims issue, focusing on a collision between two vessels, resulting to the fact that the lookout of the responsible seafarers at the time of the incident was improper, highlighting that the OOW is always responsible for reporting of any targets observed.
Details of the Accident

Accident type: Collision between two vessels

Vessel(s) involved: Small general cargo vessel (referred to as “vessel A”), Vessel B

Location: Baltic Sea

The Incident

The Vessel...

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

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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Investigation report World Bora – Raba: Masters’ lack of watchkeeping results to collision

On February 19, 2019, the Cypriot-flagged cargo ship Raba, sailing from Copenhagen to Szczecin, collided with the Danish-flagged ‘World Bora’, which was sailing towards “Viking” wind farm in the Exclusive Economic Zone. Therefore, the Danish Marine Accident Investigation Board issued an investigation report to determine the factors that caused the collision.
 Details of the Accident

Accident type: Collision between two vessels

Vessel(s) involved: Cypriot-flagged cargo “Raba” / Danish-flagged...

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