Crew Practices Caused Rena Grounding -Report

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Published on Sunday, 18 January 2015 03:07
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BY MarEx 2014-12-19 09:21:10

New Zealand’s Transport Accident Investigation Commission on Thursday published its final report into causes and circumstances of the 2011 grounding of the MV Rena containership, the worst maritime disaster in the history of the country.

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The Liberian-registered container ship Rena had left the New Zealand port of Napier at 1020 on 4 October 2011 and was bound for the New Zealand port of Tauranga. The master had given an estimated time of arrival at the Tauranga pilot station of 0300 the next day. The master calculated the estimated time of arrival by dividing the distance to go by the Rena's normal service speed. The calculation did not account for the unfavorable currents that normally prevailed down that stretch

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Casualties claim the limelight

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Published on Sunday, 18 January 2015 02:56
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Casualties claim the limelight

  • Wednesday 14 January 2015, 10:16

  • by Fred Williams


    Lloyd´s List

    THE deliberate grounding of Höegh Osaka outside the UK port of  Southampton, and subsequent attempts to refloat it, featured in two of the five slots in our weekly list of most-read individual Lloyd's List articles.

    Another casualty, Bulk Jupiter, made the list, as did our columnist Michael Grey's reflection on safety concerns.

    Perhaps the greatest surprise, though, was that MSC Oscar made the list for yet another week.

    1. Höegh Osaka deliberately grounded to avoid possible capsize

    Höegh Osaka, the Norwegian-owned car carrier that became wedged on a sandbar outside the UK port of Southampton, was deliberately grounded after the vessel started to list, Janet Porter reported.

    Without that decision

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22 people confirmed dead in tugboat tragedy in China's Yangtze river

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Published on Saturday, 17 January 2015 19:41
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A search-and-rescue team carrying the body of the victim of an overturned tugboat  after being retrieved it from the Yangtze River, Jingjiang city, Jiangsu province, China, on Jan 17, 2015. -- PHOTO: EPA

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The sunken tug boat being lifted from the Yangtze River by a rescue team. -- PHOTO: REUTERS

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Relatives of missing persons react

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IMO Casualties

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Published on Thursday, 15 January 2015 00:35
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Casualties

 Under SOLAS regulation I/21 and MARPOL articles 8 and 12, each Administration undertakes to conduct an investigation into any casualty occurring to ships under its flag subject to those conventions and to supply the Organization with pertinent information concerning the findings of such investigations. The Load Lines Convention also requires the investigation of casualties.
 
Under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), article 94 on Duties of the flag State, paragraph 7, “Each State shall cause an inquiry to be held by or before a suitably qualified person or persons into every marine casualty or incident of navigation on the high seas involving a ship flying its flag and causing loss of life or serious injury to

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