Investigation Report
Collision between container vessel Boxford and twin beam trawler Admiral Blake
Collision between container vessel Boxford and twin beam trawler Admiral Blake
- MAIB
- Investigation Report
- Marine Operations
- DrowningFatigueHuman factorsVessel collisionVessel flooding and foundering
- Fishing operationsNavigation
- Navigation and positioning equipment
- Evacuation, escape and rescueFatigue management
- Commercial fishingMarine industry
- Marine watersVessel
Summary
MAIB investigates the collision between container ship Boxford and trawler Admiral Blake in the English Channel. It analyses ineffective visual and radar lookout, misinterpreted vessel movements, probable master fatigue and receive-only AIS use. Two men were recovered from the sea. Recommendations address watchkeeping, crew-change workloads and AIS transmission.
Classifications: Drowning; man overboard; person overboard.
Classifications: Fatigue; worker fatigue; alertness impairment.
Classifications: Human factors; human performance; ergonomics.
Classifications: Vessel collision; ship collision; marine allision.
Classifications: Vessel flooding and foundering; water ingress.
Classifications: Fishing operations.
Classifications: Navigation; vessel navigation; passage planning.
Classifications: Navigation and positioning equipment; ECDIS; AIS; chart plotters.
Classifications: Evacuation, escape and rescue; EER; escape and rescue.
Classifications: Fatigue management.
Classifications: Commercial fishing.
Classifications: Marine industry; shipping industry; maritime sector.
Classifications: Marine waters.
Classifications: Vessel; aboard ship; onboard vessel.
Themes: marine operations.