Contact made by dry cargo vessel Alexander Tvardovskiy with dredger UKD Bluefin, pushing dredger into general cargo vessel Wilson Hawk
Location: Immingham, England.
Accident Investigation Report 10/2013
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Summary
On 1 August 2012, dry cargo vessel Alexander Tvardovskiy, dredger UKD Bluefin and general cargo vessel Wilson Hawk collided in Immingham, England.
Safety Issues
- the automatic machinery control system had been defective for about 2 months, but this had not been reported to the ship바카라 사이트™s manager or classification society
- the arrangement for manual control of the vessel바카라 사이트™s propulsion was suitable only for use in an emergency, there being insufficient provision of controls and instrumentation for effective control of the vessel during routine pilotage and berthing
- neither the bridge team nor the engineers in the engine room monitored the direction of rotation of the propeller shaft
- because the vessel had been built before 1998, she was exempted from a SOLAS regulation that required the fitting of propeller directional and speed indicators in the engine room
- the pilot was not informed that the vessel바카라 사이트™s engines were being operated in manual control
Recommendations
A recommendation (2013/109) has been made to Germanischer Lloyd aimed at ensuring that vessels have a propeller shaft indicator fitted in the engine room, regardless of their age.
Recommendations (2013/210 and 2013/211 respectively) to the UK Major Ports Group Limited and the International Chamber of Shipping are intended to improve the exchange of information between masters and pilots.
A recommendation (2013/212) has also been made to the ship바카라 사이트™s manager, JS North-Western Shipping Company, aimed at improving the safety management on board its vessels.
This report was published on 31 May 2013.