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Collision Between the Sailing Vessel NOBILE and Worksite Craft WERKER in the Flensburg Firth on 30 May 2014 Bundesstelle für Seeunfalluntersuchung Federal Bureau of Maritime Casualty Investigation Federal Higher Authority subordinated to the Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure Investigation Report 189/14 Serious Marine Casualty Collision between the sailing vessel NOBILE and worksite craft WERKER in the Flensburg Firth on 30 May 2014 24 February 2017 BSU Bundesstelle für Seeunfalluntersuchung Ref.: 189/14 Federal Bureau of Maritime Casualty Investigation The investigation was conducted in conformity with the Law to improve safety of shipping by investigating marine casualties and other incidents (Maritime Safety Investigation Act – SUG). According to said Act, the sole objective of this investigation is to prevent future accidents. This investigation does not serve to ascertain fault, liability or claims (Article 9 para. 2 SUG). This report should not be used in court proceedings or proceedings of the Maritime Board. Reference is made to Article 34 para. 4 SUG. The German text shall prevail in the interpretation of this investigation report. Issued by: Bundesstelle für Seeunfalluntersuchung – BSU (Federal Bureau of Maritime Casualty Investigation) Bernhard-Nocht-Str. 78 20359 Hamburg Germany Director: Volker Schellhammer Phone: +49 40 31908300 Fax: +49 40 31908340 [email protected] www.bsu-bund.de _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ Page 2 of 45 BSU Bundesstelle für Seeunfalluntersuchung Ref.: 189/14 Federal Bureau of Maritime Casualty Investigation Table of Contents 1 SUMMARY ......................................................................................................... 7 2 FACTUAL INFORMATION ................................................................................. 8 2.1 NOBILE ................................................................................................ 8 2.1.1 Photo of the ship .................................................................................. 8 2.1.2 Ship particulars ..................................................................................... 8 2.1.3 Voyage particulars ................................................................................ 9 2.2 WERKER............................................................................................ 10 2.2.1 Photo of the ship ................................................................................ 10 2.2.2 Ship particulars ................................................................................... 10 2.2.3 Voyage particulars .............................................................................. 11 2.3 Marine casualty or incident information .............................................. 11 2.4 Shore authority involvement and emergency response ...................... 11 2.5 Nautical chart ..................................................................................... 12 3 COURSE OF THE ACCIDENT AND INVESTIGATION ................................... 13 3.1 Course of the accident ....................................................................... 13 3.1.1 NOBILE .............................................................................................. 13 3.1.2 WERKER............................................................................................ 14 3.1.3 Other findings ..................................................................................... 15 3.1.4 Subsequent events ............................................................................. 15 3.2 Investigation ....................................................................................... 16 3.2.1 Weather and current ........................................................................... 16 3.2.2 Local circumstances ........................................................................... 16 3.2.2.1 Flensburg Firth ................................................................................... 16 3.2.2.2 Border ................................................................................................ 17 3.2.3 NOBILE .............................................................................................. 17 3.2.3.1 Course steered by the NOBILE .......................................................... 17 3.2.3.2 Manning ............................................................................................. 22 3.2.3.3 Performance of the watch................................................................... 22 3.2.4 WERKER............................................................................................ 22 3.2.4.1 Course steered by the WERKER ....................................................... 23 3.2.4.2 Manning ............................................................................................. 23 3.2.4.3 Performance of the watch................................................................... 23 3.2.4.4 Approved area of operation ................................................................ 23 4 ANALYSIS........................................................................................................ 25 4.1 Time and location of the collision ....................................................... 25 4.2 Approach of the two vessels............................................................... 26 4.3 Regulations for preventing collisions .................................................. 29 4.3.1 Narrow channel (or fairway) ............................................................... 29 4.3.1.1 Introduction......................................................................................... 29 4.3.1.2 Sailing and evading in narrow channels ............................................. 31 4.3.2 Other rules.......................................................................................... 34 4.3.3 Maintenance of the logbook ............................................................... 36 4.3.4 Summary ............................................................................................ 37 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ Page 3 of 45 BSU Bundesstelle für Seeunfalluntersuchung Ref.: 189/14 Federal Bureau of Maritime Casualty Investigation 4.4 WERKER's area of operation ............................................................. 38 5 CONCLUSIONS ............................................................................................... 40 5.1 Collision prevention ............................................................................ 40 5.2 Maintenance of the logbook ............................................................... 40 5.3 WERKER's area of operation ............................................................. 40 6 SAFETY RECOMMENDATIONS ..................................................................... 42 6.1 Skipper of the NOBILE ....................................................................... 42 6.2 Operator of the NOBILE ..................................................................... 42 6.3 Skipper of the WERKER .................................................................... 42 6.4 Operator of the WERKER................................................................... 42 6.5 Skipper and operator of the WERKER ............................................... 42 7 SOURCES ....................................................................................................... 43 8 ANNEXES ........................................................................................................ 44 8.1 Extract from the AIS data of the NOBILE ........................................... 44 8.2 Current data ....................................................................................... 45 Table of Figures Figure 1: Photo of the NOBILE ................................................................................... 8 Figure 2: Photo of the WERKER .............................................................................. 10 Figure 3: Nautical chart showing the scene of the accident ...................................... 12 Figure 4: Course steered by the NOBILE (times in UTC) ......................................... 13 Figure 5: Photograph of the NOBILE's plotter showing her track ............................. 18 Figure 6: NOBILE's track, magnified view of the last leg .......................................... 18 Figure 7: COG of the NOBILE (times in UTC) .......................................................... 19 Figure 8: COG of the NOBILE, detail (times in UTC) ................................................ 20 Figure 9: COG of the NOBILE, detail (times in UTC) ................................................ 20 Figure 10: Course of Zone 2 (red area) in the Flensburg Firth ................................. 24 Figure 11: Track of the NOBILE with the scene of the accident ............................... 26 Figure 12: Possible positions of the WERKER four minutes before the accident ..... 26 Figure 13: Assumed positions of the NOBILE and the WERKER ............................. 27 Figure 14: Current data for the Flensburg Firth, 1430 .............................................. 45 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ Page 4 of 45 BSU Bundesstelle für Seeunfalluntersuchung Ref.: 189/14 Federal Bureau of Maritime Casualty Investigation Table of Graphs Graph 1: NOBILE: COG [°] and SOG [kts] ..............................................................
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