APL ENGLAND LOST 40 CONTAINERS IN ROUGH SEAS – INITIAL INSPECTION REVEALS SERIOUS DEFECTS
A preliminary inspection of cargo ship APL England, which lost 40 containers in rough seas, has discovered a major defect and serious concerns with how the load was secured. Australia Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) inspectors found lashing arrangements were inadequate and securing points on the deck of the ship were heavily corroded.
ASMA general manager of operations, Allan Schwartz, says the inspection is continuing but the findings so far are in breach of maritime safety regulations. He says the ship has been detained at the Port of Brisbane.
“The detention will not be lifted until these serious deficiencies are rectified. That is now a matter for the ship’s owner, American President Lines (APL), and operator to rectify,” he says. “These findings will form part of AMSA’s ongoing investigation and, while we do not want to pre-empt the outcomes of that investigation, it is already clear that the risk of this container loss occurring could have been reduced.”
Schwartz said the ship’s owner and its insurer, Steamship Mutual, should take responsibility for remediating any impacts of this incident.
Some 40 containers went overboard when the ship struck rough seas, while about 70 other containers were displaced, forcing the vessel, which was en route from China to Melbourne, to dock in Brisbane.
ANL, the operator of APL England, says it is cooperating with all investigators while a clean-up operation is underway and none of the containers that fell into the ocean contained dangerous cargo.
REPORT ISSUED BY MAIB INTO THE FATAL CAPSIZE OF FISHING VESSEL ANNA-MARIE II
At about 1550 on 23 September 2019, the 6.2m fishing vessel, Anna-Marie II, capsized as it entered the mouth of the Brora river while returning from its fishing grounds. The vessel broached and was capsized in unusually high waves, resulting in both its skipper and crewman entering the water. Neither was wearing a personal flotation device; the crewman managed to swim ashore but unfortunately the skipper drowned.
Our investigation determined that the skipper struck his head during the capsize, which may have affected his ability to swim. Had the skipper been wearing a lifejacket it would have helped keep his head out of the water and might have increased his likelihood of survival.
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https://bit.ly/2X0tOkD.
SWEDISH CLUB REPORTS A RESCUE BOAT DRILL ENDING WITH INJURIES DUE TO A LACK OF SMS MANUAL
The Swedish Club has highlighted an incident in its safety bulletin about the bizarre case of a vessel that conducted a rescue boat drill resulting in an incident as the company had no specific instructions in the training manual, SMS, PMS as to how the rescue boat should be launched.
The vessel concerned was in port and the Master wanted to conduct a rescue boat drill as none had been completed since the vessel was delivered a month earlier. According to the report, the weather was favourable and the harbour authority had given the vessel clearance to launch and maneuver the rescue boat in the harbour.
Those involved in conducting the drill were the chief officer, bosun, oiler and third engineer. The chief officer was in charge of organising the drill. He had joined the vessel in the shipyard about two months before delivery. During that time he had watched the shipyard complete a rescue boat drill but had not been involved himself.
Read the article in full at
https://bit.ly/2O1Smoh.
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