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Marine Transportation Safety Investigation Report M18c0225 MARINE TRANSPORTATION SAFETY INVESTIGATION REPORT M18C0225 GROUNDING Passenger vessel Akademik Ioffe Latitude 69°43.043′ N Longitude 091°20.951′ W Astronomical Society Islands, Nunavut 24 August 2018 ii | TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD OF CANADA ABOUT THIS INVESTIGATION REPORT This report is the result of an investigation into a class 2 occurrence. For more information, see the Policy on Occurrence Classification at www.tsb.gc.ca The Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) investigated this occurrence for the purpose of advancing transportation safety. It is not the function of the Board to assign fault or determine civil or criminal liability. TERMS OF USE Use in legal, disciplinary or other proceedings The Canadian Transportation Accident Investigation and Safety Board Act states the following: • 7(3) No finding of the Board shall be construed as assigning fault or determining civil or criminal liability. • 7(4) The findings of the Board are not binding on the parties to any legal, disciplinary or other proceedings. Therefore, the TSB’s investigations and the resulting reports are not created for use in the context of legal, disciplinary or other proceedings. Notify the TSB in writing if this report is being used or might be used in such proceedings. 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Materials under the copyright of another party Some of the content in this investigation report (notably images on which a source other than the TSB is named) is subject to the copyright of another party and is protected under the Copyright Act and international agreements. For information concerning copyright ownership and restrictions, please contact the TSB. Citation Transportation Safety Board of Canada, Marine Transportation Safety Investigation Report M18C0225 (released 21 May 2021). Transportation Safety Board of Canada 200 Promenade du Portage, 4th floor Gatineau QC K1A 1K8 819-994-3741; 1-800-387-3557 www.tsb.gc.ca [email protected] © Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada, as represented by the Transportation Safety Board of Canada, 2021 Marine transportation safety investigation report M18C0225 Cat. No. TU3-12/18-0225E-PDF ISBN: 978-0-660-38666-9 This report is available on the website of the Transportation Safety Board of Canada at www.tsb.gc.ca Le présent rapport est également disponible en français. MARINE TRANSPORTATION SAFETY INVESTIGATION REPORT M18C0225 | iii Table of contents 1.0 Factual information ................................................................................................. 1 1.1 Particulars of the vessel ........................................................................................................................... 1 1.2 Description of the vessel ......................................................................................................................... 2 1.3 Time chartering ........................................................................................................................................... 4 1.4 History of the voyage ............................................................................................................................... 5 1.5 Post-grounding search and rescue response.................................................................................. 8 1.6 Damage to vessel .....................................................................................................................................10 1.7 Damage to the environment ...............................................................................................................14 1.8 Environmental conditions .....................................................................................................................14 1.9 Personnel experience and certification ............................................................................................15 1.10 Fatigue ..........................................................................................................................................................16 1.11 Vessel certification ...................................................................................................................................17 1.12 Safety management system .................................................................................................................19 1.12.1 Post-grounding or stranding procedures ......................................................................20 1.13 Voyage planning .......................................................................................................................................21 1.13.1 Guidelines on voyage planning ..........................................................................................21 1.13.2 Vessel owner requirements ..................................................................................................23 1.13.3 Voyage planning for passenger ships operating in remote areas........................24 1.13.4 One Ocean Expeditions’ pre-set itineraries ...................................................................25 1.14 Arctic waters regulatory framework ..................................................................................................27 1.15 Northern Canada Vessel Traffic Service Zone ...............................................................................29 1.16 Charting in the Canadian Arctic ..........................................................................................................31 1.16.1 Role and mandate of the Canadian Hydrographic Service .....................................31 1.16.2 Data quality and survey standards ....................................................................................32 1.16.3 2014 Fall Report of the Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development, Office of the Auditor General of Canada ..........................................35 1.16.4 Present and future developments in charting the Canadian Arctic .....................38 1.17 Navigational watchkeeping ..................................................................................................................39 1.17.1 Bridge resource management.............................................................................................40 1.17.2 Electronic navigational interfaces ......................................................................................41 1.18 Power distance ..........................................................................................................................................43 1.19 Safety culture and passenger safety .................................................................................................44 1.19.1 Decision support system for masters ...............................................................................45 1.19.2 Passenger muster and safety briefings ...........................................................................47 1.19.3 Development and control of passenger safety briefing materials .......................49 1.19.4 Timeline of mustering and passenger briefings prior to the occurrence ..........49 1.19.5 Management of shipboard emergencies and passenger safety ...........................51 1.20 Pre-occurrence and post-grounding compliance inspections ...............................................52 1.21 Forward-looking sonar systems .........................................................................................................53 1.22 National search and rescue system in Canada .............................................................................55 1.22.1 Major aeronautical disaster and major maritime disaster contingency plans .58 1.22.2 Search and rescue response to the Akademik Ioffe’s grounding ..........................59 iv | TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD OF CANADA 1.23 Other occurrences ....................................................................................................................................60 2.0 Analysis ................................................................................................................... 62 2.1 Factors leading to the vessel’s grounding ......................................................................................62 2.2 Voyage planning and risk assessment .............................................................................................63 2.3 Navigational watchkeeping ..................................................................................................................65 2.4 Passenger safety .......................................................................................................................................66 2.4.1 Safety familiarization of passengers .................................................................................66
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