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Collision between vessel leading to oil pollution in the area
Applicable to:
Indian flagged vessels and stakeholders
Effective Date:
2017
Superseded Circulars:
None mentioned
Key Changes and Requirements
1. Incident Summary
An Indian flagged oil tanker collided with an Isle of Man flag LPG Carrier while approaching Kamaraj port, leading to an oil spill of approximately 250 MT, causing significant environmental impact.
2. Causal Factors and Lessons Learnt
- Inadequate navigation: LPG Carrier's close quarter situation with the oil tanker led to the collision.
- Loss of situational awareness: Bridge team of LPG Carrier failed to take appropriate actions to avoid collision.
- Monitoring and action: Oil tanker's pilot could have better monitored LPG Carrier and taken action to avoid collision.
- Convention on Prevention of Collisions: All vessels should follow the 1972 COLREGs at all times.
- Communication and monitoring: Proper communication between vessels and port control, and close monitoring of traffic in the area is crucial.
II/4 All vessels should closely monitor traffic and identify potentially developing close quarter situations.
Important Note
All stakeholders are advised to review and implement the lessons learnt to prevent such incidents in the future.
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