Poor Bridge Team Management Lead Serious Grounding

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Incident

A 100 m long, 4,500 gt modern container feeder ship ran aground on the coast while trading between a group of islands. The vessel was on her home run serving on a scheduled loop. 

The grounding occurred at full speed only about 5 nm off her port of call, and in the early morning with an officer on watch standing navigational watch on a six-hour duty turn. 

Visibility was good, weather and sea rough but with no impact on the casualty. The vessel was salvaged by...

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