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Power failure leads to grounding

Electronic charts are a boon for navigators - but so are bridge windows. Latest Mars Report refers to an incident in which a Master seduced by the screen found that the electronic picture can be misleading. The ship was about to enter a lock when it suffered a voltage drop and the engine-room team initiated blackout procedure. The Master put the engine astern to abort the lock entry and began a 180° starboard turn to head south away from land.

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Lessons learned from dangerous overhang

The vessel was port side at berth taking bunkers via a barge on the starboard side. The bunker barge was secured alongside the vessel and was initially overhanging the vessel’s stern by 10 to 12 metres. Although the berth immediately astern was vacant at the time, potentially it could have received another vessel. The bunker barge overhang would then become a potential hazard.

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