Inaction of officer on watch (OOW), distraction by tasks other than navigation, and lack of lookout leads to collision of two vessel in good weather and visibility. Know more about the accident inside the article.
Ineffective BRM and lack of relevant communication between the pilots of the two vessels resulted in collision of vessels in a canal. Read more about the real life accident inside.
Despite numerous attempts by the tanker’s crew to warn the bunker vessel during ship-to-ship operation, the crew and the bridge team on the bunker vessel failed to notice or react to the impending collision, leading to contact damage.
A tanker at anchor was preparing to moor a large bunker vessel on her port side to receive fuel. When she was nearly in position, the bunker vessel passed two stern lines to the tanker’s port quarter, where they were belayed on bitts. Due to the absence of any lines forward, the bow of the bunker vessel canted away, causing the sterns of the two vessels to close.
The August of 2010 saw the collision of two cargo ships MSC Chitra and MV Khalijia off the Mumbai coast. The collision resulted into spilling of containers and oil along the full coastline. MSC Chitra, which was carrying 1219 containers, 2662 tons of fuel, 283 tons of diesel, and 88040 litres of lubricating oil, capsized and sank into the sea, creating maximum damage to the area.
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