Safety Flash
Vessel ran aground following error on chart
Vessel ran aground following error on chart
- IMCA
- Safety Flash
- IMCA SF 10/18
- Marine OperationsStructural and Asset Integrity
- Vessel grounding
- Navigation
- Navigation and positioning equipment
- Competence and trainingSafety communication
- Marine industry
- Vessel
Summary
A vessel grounded by the stern on an uncharted sand hill while leaving a port approach channel. Investigation identified chart errors and indications of buoy movement. The flash highlights echo-sounder limitations, draught monitoring, reporting navigational discrepancies and berth-to-berth passage planning. Tug recovery and subsequent inspections found no severe hull damage.
Classifications: Vessel grounding.
Classifications: Navigation; vessel navigation; passage planning.
Classifications: Navigation and positioning equipment; ECDIS; AIS; chart plotters.
Classifications: Competence and training; competency assurance; safety training.
Classifications: Safety communication; toolbox talk; toolbox talks.
Classifications: Marine industry; shipping industry; maritime sector.
Classifications: Vessel; aboard ship; onboard vessel.
Summary
A vessel grounded on an uncharted sand hill after errors in the navigation chart and shifted buoy position went undetected.
IMCA SF 10/18. Themes: marine operations, structural and asset integrity.