Investigation Report 155/04
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Bundesstelle für Seeunfalluntersuchung Federal Bureau of Maritime Casualty Investigation Bundesoberbehörde im Geschäftsbereich des Bundesministeriums für Verkehr, Bau- und Wohnungswesen Investigation Report 155/04 Very Serious Marine Casualty Collision MV PUDONG SENATOR with MT ENA 2 and subsequent capsizing of MT ENA 2 on 28 June 2004 in the Port of Hamburg Parkhafen Waltershofer Hafen and Petroleumhafen 15 June 2005 BSU Bundesstelle für Seeunfalluntersuchung Az.: 155 / 04 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 Law - SUG) of 24 June 2002. According to this the sole objective of the investigation is to prevent future accidents and malfunctions. The investigation does not serve to ascertain fault, liability or claims. The German version shall prevail in the interpretation of the Investigation Report. issued by: Bundesstelle für Seeunfalluntersuchung Federal Bureau of Maritime Casualty Investigation (BSU) Bernhard-Nocht-Str. 78 D-20359 Hamburg Head of the BSU: Jörg Kaufmann Tel.: +49 40 31908300, Fax.: +49 40 31908340 [email protected] www.bsu-bund.de _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ Page 2 of 75 BSU Bundesstelle für Seeunfalluntersuchung Az.: 155 / 04 Federal Bureau of Maritime Casualty Investigation TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 SUMMARY OF THE MARINE CASUALTY ........................................................ 8 2 SCENE OF THE ACCIDENT .............................................................................. 9 3 VESSEL PARTICULARS.................................................................................. 10 3.1 Photo MV PUDONG SENATOR ................................................................. 10 3.2 Vessel particulars ...................................................................................... 10 3.3 Photo MT ENA 2......................................................................................... 11 3.4 Vessel particulars ...................................................................................... 11 4 COURSE OF THE ACCIDENT ......................................................................... 12 4.1 MT ENA 2 .................................................................................................... 12 4.2 MV PUDONG SENATOR ............................................................................ 13 4.3 Development of the collision .................................................................... 13 4.3.1 Organisation and tasks of the VTS Hamburg ......................................... 14 4.3.2 Preliminary remarks on radio communication in the port of Hamburg .... 14 4.3.3 Collision development MT ENA 2 – MV PUDONG SENATOR............... 15 4.4 Capsizing, cargo loss and salvage of ENA 2........................................... 21 5 SUMMARY OF THE DAMAGE......................................................................... 26 5.1 Damage to MV PUDONG SENATOR ......................................................... 26 5.2 Damage to MT ENA 2................................................................................. 26 6 ANALYSIS ........................................................................................................ 30 6.1 Transport-law specifications .................................................................... 30 6.1.1 Applicable law......................................................................................... 30 6.1.2 Right of way rules ................................................................................... 30 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ Page 3 of 75 BSU Bundesstelle für Seeunfalluntersuchung Az.: 155 / 04 Federal Bureau of Maritime Casualty Investigation 6.1.2.1 Right of way of ENA 2 under § 25 Para. 2 SeeSchStrO?................ 31 6.1.2.2 Right of way of ENA 2 under § 25 Para. 4 SeeSchStrO?................ 32 6.1.2.3 Intermediate result on the question of regulating the right of way ... 37 6.1.3 Vessel Traffic Services ........................................................................... 38 6.1.4 Legal blood alcohol limit ......................................................................... 40 6.2 Summarising assessment of the collision development ....................... 41 6.2.1 Course of the voyage of ENA 2 up to the collision.................................. 43 6.2.2 Course of the voyage of PUDONG SENATOR up to the collision .......... 51 6.2.3 Assessment of the activity of the VTS .................................................... 55 6.2.4 Alcohol at the workplace (marginal condition) ........................................ 57 6.3 Capsizing of ENA 2 in the Petroleumhafen ............................................. 61 7 SAFETY RECOMMENDATIONS...................................................................... 64 7.1 Alcohol at the workplace........................................................................... 64 7.2 Legal blood alcohol limit in shipping traffic............................................ 64 7.3 Proper look-out .......................................................................................... 64 7.4 Movement rules.......................................................................................... 65 7.5 Right of way................................................................................................ 65 7.6 Right of way ruling..................................................................................... 65 7.7 Land radar advice ...................................................................................... 65 7.8 Use of VHF radio telephone ...................................................................... 66 7.9 Radio discipline ......................................................................................... 66 7.10 Manning of the VTS in the Port of Hamburg............................................ 66 7.11 Leakage stability of the inland motor tankers......................................... 66 8 SOURCES......................................................................................................... 67 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ Page 4 of 75 BSU Bundesstelle für Seeunfalluntersuchung Az.: 155 / 04 Federal Bureau of Maritime Casualty Investigation 9 ANNEX: STANDARDS CITED IN THE REPORT............................................. 69 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ Page 5 of 75 BSU Bundesstelle für Seeunfalluntersuchung Az.: 155 / 04 Federal Bureau of Maritime Casualty Investigation LIST OF FIGURES Figure 1: Scene of the accident .......................................................................... 9 Figure 2: MV PUDONG SENATOR..................................................................... 10 Figure 3: MT ENA 2 ............................................................................................ 11 Figure 4: Voyage route of ENA 2 in the Hamburg Docks................................ 12 Figure 5: ECS of PUDONG SENATOR shortly before the collision................ 19 Figure 6: Overview of course of collision ........................................................ 20 Figure 7: Entrance hatchway, wing tank .......................................................... 22 Figure 8: Tank apertures ENA 2 ........................................................................ 25 Figure 9: Loading/discharge facilities ENA 2................................................... 26 Figure 10: Deformed port Schottel drive housing ........................................... 28 Figure 11: Bridge of ENA 2................................................................................ 28 Figure 12: Deformation and cracking in the outer plating of ENA 2 .............. 29 Figure 13: Schottel rudder propeller ................................................................ 29 Figure 14: Navigation channel limit .................................................................. 31 Figure 15: ENA 2 on the day of the accident turning into Parkhafen ............ 42 Figure 16: View from the bridge window of PUDONG SENATOR .................. 42 Abbildung 17: Athabaskakai wharf as optical barrier... .................................. 43 Figure 18: Radar image of the VTS at 18:20:10 h ............................................ 47 Figure 19: Radar image of the VTS at 18:20:39 h ............................................ 48 Figure 20: Radar image of the VTS at 18:21:09 h ............................................ 48 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ Page 6 of 75 BSU Bundesstelle für Seeunfalluntersuchung Az.: 155 / 04 Federal Bureau of Maritime Casualty Investigation Figure 21: Radar image of the VTS at 18:21:45 h ............................................ 49 Figure 22: Documentary evidence for early change of course hard-tostarboard? .............................................................................................. 50 Figure 23: Resolute hard-to-starboard manoeuvre??? .................................. 50 Figure 24: Radar image of the VTS at 18:20:39 h ............................................ 56 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________