Investigation Report
Safety warning (video) issued following the capsize and sinking of the tug Biter while assisting the passenger vessel Hebridean Princess with the loss of two lives
Safety warning (video) issued following the capsize and sinking of the tug Biter while assisting the passenger vessel Hebridean Princess with the loss of two lives
- MAIB
- Investigation Report
- Emergency ResponseMarine OperationsVessel and Mooring
- Learning from incidentsLoss of vessel stability
- Marine operations
- Marine industry
Summary
This MAIB bulletin announces a video sharing lessons from the fatal capsize and sinking of Biter while assisting Hebridean Princess. It places the investigation within a series of conventional tug capsizes and recommends that named shipping, harbour, pilotage, tug and workboat associations distribute the video to their members.
Classifications: Learning from incidents; incident learning; lessons learnt; lessons learned.
Classifications: Loss of vessel stability; capsize; vessel stability.
Classifications: Marine operations; maritime operations.
Classifications: Marine industry; shipping industry; maritime sector.
Summary
This bulletin highlights the key safety lessons from the MAIB’s investigation.
Themes: emergency response, marine operations, vessel and mooring.