Ineffective bridge useful resource administration contributed to the grounding of a bulk service within the Port of Bunbury, Western Australia, an Australian Transport Security Bureau (ATSB) investigation has discovered.
The incident occurred on April 22, 2023, when the 229-meter lengthy, Isle of Man-registered bulk service World Diana was departing Bunbury with harbor pilot and two tugs helping. After being moved off its berth, the ship needed to be turned within the turning basin earlier than exiting the harbor.
“This flip was began sooner than deliberate, lowering the quantity of room out there,” Chief Commissioner Angus Mitchell mentioned. “The ship’s pace was then allowed to extend till there was no room to securely flip, and the bow of the ship grounded on a shallow financial institution to the east of the harbour entrance.”
The ship sustained minor hull injury however was in a position to be manoeuvred off the financial institution, and thankfully, no air pollution was reported.
The ATSB’s investigation discovered bridge useful resource administration throughout the pilotage was ineffective. “Bridge useful resource administration is a crucial a part of secure pilotage,” Mitchell acknowledged. “Efficient use of accessible sources reduces the prospect of single-person errors and minimises their impression.”
The report notes that correct use of the out there transportable pilot unit, efficient communication, and energetic involvement of the World Diana’s bridge workforce and the tug masters, would have allowed the deviation from the plan to be detected in time to forestall the grounding. “Particular data and limits for the departure plan have been solely recognized to the pilot, which made it tough for the bridge workforce to boost issues throughout the occasion,” Mitchell added.
“However, had the ship’s grasp – an skilled ship-handler conversant in the ship’s motion traits – been actively monitoring the pilotage, the early flip and ship’s rising headway ought to have change into evident.”
Moreover, the ATSB discovered that the Port of Bunbury had not developed sufficient procedures for arrival and departure plans for bigger ships berthed on their starboard aspect alongside berth no. 3. “This lowered the data out there to pilots for these ship actions, and to share with bridge groups and tug masters to make sure a standard understanding of how manoeuvring could be performed,” Mitchell concluded.
Learn the report: Grounding of World Diana on 22 April 2023
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