At concerning 0127 on 20 January 2018, the after that UK flagged1 container ship CMA CGM G. Washington suddenly rolled 20 ° to starboard, stopped briefly for a number of secs, after that rolled 20 ° to port.

The ship was experiencing extremely hefty seas in the North Pacific Ocean while on flow from Xiamen, China to Los Angeles, UNITED STATES.

In daytime the adhering to early morning, the team discovered that 3 container bays had actually fallen down, with 137 containers shed over the top as well as a more 85 harmed.

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Safety concerns

The lowered architectural stamina of the non-standard 53ft containers, unreliable container weight statements, mis-stowed containers, as well as loosened lashings. The record wrapped up that:

• bay 54 broke down since the velocity pressures created throughout the roll surpassed the architectural stamina of the non-standard 53ft containers stored there
• bay 58 stopped working since a few of the containers were struck by the 53ft containers as they fell over the top
• bay 18 stopped working as an outcome of a mix of aspects yet was possibly launched by the failing of several of the containers stored there

Recommendations

CMA ships are suggested (2020/103) to make certain that, where container terminals consistently consider containers before filling, the freight strategy is upgraded to show these weights.

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The Maritime as well as Coastguard Agency is suggested (2020/104) to advertise UK container proprietors’ participation in Bureau Internationale des Containers data sources.

Bureau Veritas is suggested (2020/105 as well as 2020/106 specifically) to change its policies to call for onboard lashing software program to show optimal pitch as well as roll angles for the vessel’s problem, as well as, to evaluate its policies as well as authorization treatment.

Investigation record right into aquatic crash including what took place, security lessons discovered as well as suggestions:

MAIB investigation report 2-2020: CMA CGM G. Washington

Annexes to MAIB investigation report 2-2020: CMA CGM G. Washington

Reference: gov.uk