The Bahamas Maritime Authority studies of the near-miss grounding of a Bahamas-flagged passenger vessel off Reykjavík.
What occurred
On 26 Might 2023 at 21:50 UTC, the passenger vessel Norwegian Prima departed Reykjavík, Iceland. With a tug’s help, the vessel maneuvered off the berth and out of the harbor astern, to show outdoors the breakwater. When the flip was nearly full the wind pace elevated considerably. With wind over 50 knots on the port beam, the vessel couldn’t regain its deliberate observe – it drifted outdoors the navigable channel, overran a buoy, and got here inside 10 meters of rocks with a charted depth of 0.4 m. After then passing inside 25m of a shoal with a drying peak, the vessel managed to regain the deliberate observe and depart the harbour with out additional incident.
There have been no accidents or air pollution. Norwegian Prima suffered no harm on account of overrunning the buoy however the tug suffered minor harm resulting from extended pushing while it helped the vessel keep away from grounding
Actions taken
Faxaflóahafnir sf (Related Icelandic Ports)
Up to date its working procedures and lowered windspeed limits when passenger vessels are leaving or coming into the harbour to 27 knots.
Dedicated to ship its pilots for simulator coaching to allow manoeuvring workouts utilizing podded vessel for the Outdated Harbour and Skarfabakki.
Dedicated to transmit to all events an up to date Port Info Information.
Revisions will embrace details about sewage disposal and particulars of the port’s climate stations.
Began a pilot mentoring and analysis scheme.
Suggestions
The Cruise Strains is really helpful to:
Holistically evaluation the data made accessible to bridge groups to allow an efficient evaluation of danger for manoeuvring in ports.
Faxaflóahafnir sf. (the Related Icelandic Ports) is really helpful to:
Replace its working procedures in order that communication between pilots and captains of pilot boats and tugboats are in English when piloting international vessels into, out of or within the harbour areas.
The Ministry of Infrastructure is really helpful to:
Strengthen port rules the place piloting is required to make sure the pilot’s authority to halt coming into or departure of a ships to port if climate situation or different circumstances are such that the security of a ship, its crew, passengers, or surroundings could also be threatened.
The Ministry of Infrastructure is really helpful to:
Be certain that a danger evaluation is carried out for ports the place cruise ships make port of name to make sure security.
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Supply: Bahamas Maritime Authority
