Safety Flash
Have a regime when the current’s abeam – ensure adequate manoeuvring space!
Have a regime when the current’s abeam – ensure adequate manoeuvring space!
- IMCA
- Safety Flash
- IMCA SF 15/19
- Marine OperationsVessel and Mooring
- Vessel flooding and foundering
- Navigation
- Marine industry
Summary
Three towing vessels sank on the Lower Mississippi River after becoming pinned broadside against objects in strong currents; one casualty involved a fatality. The flash summarises preliminary similarities and Coast Guard recommendations to avoid confined transits, minimise beam-to-current operations and establish minimum separation before such manoeuvres.
Classifications: Vessel flooding and foundering; water ingress.
Classifications: Navigation; vessel navigation; passage planning.
Classifications: Marine industry; shipping industry; maritime sector.
Summary
Several towing vessels sank after becoming pinned broadside against objects in strong currents, prompting recommendations on manoeuvring space.
IMCA SF 15/19. Themes: marine operations, vessel and mooring.