Tag: hazardous weather at sea

In its latest published casebook, Swedish Club describes an incident where a vessel experienced loss of anchor due to heavy weather.

The Indonesian RoRo ferry JATRA I capsized at pier at the port of Kupang, amid severe weather caused by Cyclone Seroja, on 5 April. While berthed at Kupang, the 1980-built ship was caught in heavy weather, sustaining a hull breach and subsequent water ingress. Shortly after, the ferry developed a portside list, local media reported. There were no injuries as passenger operations had already been suspended amid development of the cyclone, and all of the 31 people onboard had already disembarked. Tropical cyclone Seroja hit eastern Indonesia last week, claiming lives of at least 150 people so far. JATRA I serves the line between Kupang, West Timor and Pantai Baru port, Rote island, in the East Nusa Tenggara province, Indonesia. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3wsh2MCXzDg&t=17s

JTSB issued an investigation report on the collision of a Ro-Ro cargo ship with a tugboat off Keihin Port, in June 2019. The investigation highlighted issues related to poor visibility due to dark and heavy rain.

Following Swedish Club's recently-published casebook, it is described an incident where a large container vessel experienced container loss under heavy weather conditions.

The Bahamas Maritime Authority issued a Safety Alert sharing lessons learned from a grounding involving a RoRo passenger ferry after dragging anchor. The investigation highlighted that the crew had been forced to change the plan at short notice and no appraisal was conducted to select an anchorage position. 

The ill-fated container ship ONE Apus is expected to be available to depart around mid of March, shiponwer ONE informed, just over three months after the ship suffered a major container loss in the Pacific Ocean.

Japan’s Transportation Safety Board (JTSB) issued an investigation report on the foundering of the cargo ship JIA DE due to heavy weather in Kanagawa Prefecture, which led to fatalities of 8 crew members, in October 2019.

TSB Canada issued an investigation report on the collision of the bulk carriers Golden Cecilie and Green K-Max 1 in the Plumper Sound, British Columbia, in March 2020. The Golden Cecilie suffered dragging anchor due to heavy winds, the report reveals, stressing that the crew did not follow established procedures to ready the vessel for impending adverse weather conditions. 

Following the sinking of the Palau-flagged freight ship Arvin, a new video captured from onboard cameras shows how the cargo vessel broke in two after a huge wave off Turkey’s Black Sea.

The backlog of shipping that is currently being seen in the ports of Southern California, is now affected by a winter storm that led many vessels that were anchored off the San Pedro Bay port complex to head to sea on January 25 to ride out the storms.