![]() ![]() Sorry but the former commercial captain could not resist. For example, 1 litre of diesel fuel will contaminate 1 Million litres of water. IMO, gasoline fuel and diesel fuel in the water is definately pollution. I found it very strange of the Bahamian authorities to say that there is no pollution, as all cargo was lighter than seawater and would evaporate by itself. The NTSB will absolutely have no shares in this proceedings. This UN body is located since 1996 in Hamburg, Germany. If this accident happened in international waters, this case (if there will be one) will be held at the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea, as a commercial ship was involved. The vessel UTOPIA IV (IMO: 9851050, MMSI 303455000) is a Yacht built in 2018 (4 years old) and currently sailing under the flag of Alaska. UTOPIA IV is a perfect blend of a luxury superyacht and high-performance sport boat. Built in aluminium by Italian yard Rossinavi to a design by Team For Design Enrico Gobbi, she was delivered in 2018 and is on the market for the first time since launch. If the point of the collision was in Bahamian waters, the case will be held at an Bahamian court. 145619 Tam O'Shanter 219499 TOLEDO BRIDGE 145626 TRUANT ( yacht ) 25295 Utopia. The 63 metre Rossinavi superyacht Utopia IV has been listed for sale by Moran Yacht & Ship. And even more, if there was only one pair of eyes on watch on the bridge. And the yacht is equipped with all of this. Speeding at night at 20 Kts under AP and not using all sensors available, like RADAR, FLIR and ECDIS / AIS, is not only stupid, it is grossly negligent. Some special ships like Tug boats or large work boats like offshore vessels or icebreakers may have wheelhouses with 360 degrees field of view but the average merchant vessel definately not. It is like blaming the car driver, whose car was hit from the rear on the highway (rear-end collision !), for not observing his rear mirror closely enough and giving way to the approaching car (accident cause).Īccording the international laws of the seas, hitting annother ship in motion between the 8 o'clock and the 4 o'clock sector (means basically behind the 3-9 line) of the longitudinal axis, is cleary a rear-end collision and no right of way can be claimed, period!Īnd the 8 o'clock to the 4 o'clock sector is where 90 % of the wheelhouses of commercial ships have no loookout capability. I know that in face of God and in court, everything is possible but giving the captain / crew of this poor little tanker a share of the blame is rediculous! ![]()
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