
MAIB: Watch Officer Was Watching Videos on Phone Before Grounding
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A UK Marine Accident Investigation Branch examination has actually disclosed that the single watch policeman aboard the basic freight ship Priscilla was enjoying video clips on his phone before the ship running marooned off the coastline of Scotland in July 2018.
The Netherlands- signed up M/V Priscilla was cruising from Lithuania to England when she ran marooned on Pentland Skerries in the eastern entry of Pentland Firth in Scotland early in the early morning on July 18, 2018.
According to the MAIB, for concerning 2 hrs before the mishap, the policeman of the watch had actually been not aware that Priscilla was wandering away from the organized flow. Once seeing that the vessel was off track, the policeman picked an alternate course that led to the vessel heading straight right into the Pentland Skerries.
The MAIB stated the mishap took place since the policeman of the watch was sidetracked from keeping track of the flow by enjoying video clips on his cellphone as well as potentially dropping off to sleep.
“He was the sole lookout at night as the vessel headed towards land, and the electronic navigation system was not set up to warn of danger ahead. Priscilla’s officer or the watch also responded to two radio calls from shore authorities warning of the danger ahead; however, his reaction to the warnings was not sufficient to avoid danger,” the MAIB stated in a recap of the record.
Safety lessons determined by the MAIB consist of keeping track of the vessel’s progression along the organized flow is an important element of secure navigating, as well as the policeman of the watch ought to not come to be sidetracked from this obligation; lowering to a single hunt needs to be appropriately examined; it was not suitable in the evening when Priscilla was heading in the direction of Pentland Firth; as well as digital navigating help ought to constantly be established to assist the policeman of the watch by offering caution of threat in advance.
The firm made a safety and security referral (2019/118) to the proprietor of Priscilla to take actions required to enhance the criteria of watchkeeping as well as safety and security administration aboard.
The Priscilla was at some point refloated concerning a week after the grounding. The case triggered substantial hull damages, however there was no air pollution or injury.
You can locatethe full MAIB report here