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Mair227 001.Pdf in the River Tamar, Tasmania, 1 May 2006 1May Tasmania, Tamar, in theRiver carrier woodchip registered of thegrounding into theSingapore investigation Independent ATSB TRANSPORT SAFETY INVESTIGATION REPORT Marine Occurrence Investigation No. 227 Final Independent investigation into the grounding of the Crimson Mars Singapore registered woodchip carrier Crimson Mars in the River Tamar, Tasmania 1 May 2006 ATSB TRANSPORT SAFETY INVESTIGATION REPORT Marine Occurrence Investigation No. 227 Final Independent investigation into the grounding of the Singapore registered woodchip carrier Crimson Mars in the River Tamar, Tasmania 1 May 2006 Released in accordance with section 25 of the Transport Safety Investigation Act 2003 Published by: Australian Transport Safety Bureau Postal address: PO Box 967, Civic Square ACT 2608 Office location: 15 Mort Street, Canberra City, Australian Capital Territory Telephone: 1800 621 372; from overseas + 61 2 6274 6440 Accident serious incident notification: 1800 011 034 (24 hours) Facsimile: 02 6274 6474; from overseas + 61 2 6274 6474 E-mail: [email protected] Internet: www.atsb.gov.au © Australian Government 2007. This work is copyright. In the interests of enhancing the value of the information contained in this publication you may copy, download, display, print, reproduce and distribute this mate- rial in unaltered form (retaining this notice). However, copyright in the material obtained from non-Commonwealth agencies, private individuals or organisations, belongs to those agencies, individuals or organisations. Where you want to use their material you will need to contact them directly. Subject to the provisions of the Copyright Act 1968, you must not make any other use of the material in this publication unless you have the permission of the Australian Transport Safety Bureau. Please direct requests for further information or authorisation to: Commonwealth Copyright Administration Copyright Law Branch Attorney-General’s Department Robert Garran Offices National Circuit BARTON ACT 2600 www.ag.gov.au/cca ISBN and formal report title: see ‘Document retrieval information’ on page v. ii CONTENTS DOCUMENT RETRIEVAL INFORMATION v THE AUSTRALIAN TRANSPORT SAFETY BUREAU vii TERMINOLOGY USED IN THIS REPORT ix EXECUTIVE SUMMARY xi 1 FACTUAL INFORMATION 1 1.1 Crimson Mars 1 1.1.1 Bridge layout 2 1.2 Bell Bay 3 1.2.1 The pilot 4 1.3 The incident 5 1.3.1 The delayed departure 8 2 ANALYSIS 11 2.1 Evidence 11 2.2 The grounding 11 2.2.1 Course recorder 14 2.3 Conning position 15 2.4 Bridge resource management (BRM) 17 2.4.1 Passage planning 18 2.4.2 Briefing and communication 19 2.4.3 ‘State of the bridge’ 21 2.4.4 Management of workload 22 2.4.5 ‘Single person errors’ 25 2.5 Use of mobile telephones 25 2.6 Contingency planning 27 2.6.1 Emergency response and management 28 3 FINDINGS 31 3.1 Contributing safety factors 31 3.2 Other safety factors 32 4 SAFETY ACTIONS 33 4.1 ATSB recommendations 33 5 APPENDIX A: EVENTS AND CONDITIONS 35 6 APPENDIX B: SHIP INFORMATION 37 6.1 Crimson Mars 37 7 APPENDIX C: SOURCES AND SUBMISSIONS 39 7.1 Sources of information 39 7.2 References 39 7.3 Submissions 39 8 APPENDIX D: MEDIA RELEASE 40 iii iv DOCUMENT RETRIEVAL INFORMATION Report No. Publication Date No. of pages ISBN ISSN 227 March 2007 52 1 921164 30 1 1447-087X Publication Title Independent investigation into the grounding of the Singapore registered woodchip carrier Crimson Mars in the River Tamar, Tasmania on 1 May 2006 Prepared by Australian Transport Safety Bureau PO Box 967, Civic Square ACT 2608 Australia www.atsb.gov.au Acknowledgements The chart section in this publication is reproduced by permission of The Australian Hydrographic Service. © Commonwealth of Australia 13 October 2002. All rights reserved. Other than for the purposes of copying this publication for public use, the chart information from the chart sections may not be extracted, translated, or reduced to any electronic medium or machine readable form for incorporation into a derived product, in whole or part, without the prior written consent of the Australian Hydrographic Service. Photographs of Crimson Mars are courtesy of Sandigan Ship Services and Tasmanian Port Corporation (TasPorts). Abstract At 1400 on 1 May 2006, Crimson Mars sailed from Bell Bay, northern Tasmania with a local pilot on board. The sky was cloudy and the visibility was clear with a light south-easterly wind. During the ship’s turn to port around Garden Island, at about 1440, starboard instead of port helm was applied for approximately one minute. The error was not noticed initially and by the time maximum port helm was applied at 1441, grounding was inevitable. Soon after, the pilot ordered both anchors to be let go and the main engine to be run at emergency full astern in an attempt to reduce the effects of the impact. At 1442, the ship grounded on Long Tom Reef as the port anchor was let go and the main engine run astern. The ship, with its main engine running astern, moved off the reef and refloated at 1446. An attempt to retrieve the anchor resulted in the failure of the port windlass. The ship remained anchored until 1605 when two tugs arrived to assist. The anchor cable was cut and left in the river with the port anchor. The ship then returned to the Bell Bay anchorage with the assistance of the tugs. An inspection of the ship revealed that it was severely damaged and that temporary repairs could not be carried out in Bell Bay. The ship’s departure was delayed until contingency arrangements could be put in place. Crimson Mars sailed from Bell Bay on 12 May for Hualien, Taiwan, to discharge its cargo and carry out permanent repairs. The report identifies several safety factors and makes recommendations to address them. v vi THE AUSTRALIAN TRANSPORT SAFETY BUREAU The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) is an operationally independent multi-modal Bureau within the Australian Government Department of Transport and Regional Services. ATSB investigations are independent of regulatory, operator or other external bodies. The ATSB is responsible for investigating accidents and other transport safety matters involving civil aviation, marine and rail operations in Australia that fall within Commonwealth jurisdiction, as well as participating in overseas investigations involving Australian registered aircraft and ships. A primary concern is the safety of commercial transport, with particular regard to fare-paying passenger operations. The ATSB performs its functions in accordance with the provisions of the Transport Safety Investigation Act 2003 and Regulations and, where applicable, relevant international agreements. Purpose of safety investigations The object of a safety investigation is to enhance safety. To reduce safety-related risk, ATSB investigations determine and communicate the safety factors related to the transport safety matter being investigated. It is not the object of an investigation to determine blame or liability. However, an investigation report must include factual material of sufficient weight to support the analysis and findings. At all times the ATSB endeavours to balance the use of material that could imply adverse comment with the need to properly explain what happened, and why, in a fair and unbiased manner. Developing safety action Central to the ATSB’s investigation of transport safety matters is the early identification of safety issues in the transport environment. The ATSB prefers to encourage the relevant organisation(s) to proactively initiate safety action rather than release formal recommendations. However, depending on the level of risk associated with a safety issue and the extent of corrective action undertaken by the relevant organisation, a recommendation may be issued either during or at the end of an investigation. The ATSB has decided that when safety recommendations are issued, they will focus on clearly describing the safety issue of concern, rather than providing instructions or opinions on the method of corrective action. As with equivalent overseas organisations, the ATSB has no power to implement its recommendations. It is a matter for the body to which an ATSB recommendation is directed (for example the relevant regulator in consultation with industry) to assess the costs and benefits of any particular means of addressing a safety issue. vii viii TERMINOLOGY USED IN THIS REPORT Occurrence: accident or incident Safety factor: an event or condition that increases safety risk. In other words, it is something that, if it occurred in the future, would increase the likelihood of an occurrence, and/or the severity of the adverse consequences associated with an occurrence. Safety factors include the occurrence events (e.g. engine failure, signal passed at danger, grounding), individual actions (e.g. errors and violations), local conditions, risk controls and organisational influences. Contributing safety factor: a safety factor that, if it had not occurred or existed at the relevant time, then either: the occurrence would probably not have occurred; or the adverse consequences associated with the occurrence would probably not have occurred or have been as serious, or (c) another contributing safety factor would probably not have occurred or existed. Other safety factor: a safety factor identified during an occurrence investigation which did not meet the definition of contributing safety factor but was still considered to be important to communicate in an investigation report. Other key finding: any finding, other than that associated with safety factors, considered important to include in an investigation report. Such findings may resolve ambiguity or controversy, describe possible scenarios or safety factors when firm safety factor findings were not able to be made, or note events or conditions which ‘saved the day’ or played an important role in reducing the risk associated with an occurrence. Safety issue: a safety factor that (a) can reasonably be regarded as having the potential to adversely affect the safety of future operations, and (b) is a characteristic of an organisation or a system, rather than a characteristic of a specific individual, or characteristic of an operational environment at a specific point in time.
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