Transport Malta MSIU issued an investigation report on the allision of the bulk carrier MV KLIMA with the Marshall Island-flagged bulk carrier SPRING SNOW and the Singapore-registered bunker barge LIBRA in the Eastern Special Purpose Anchorage, Singapore, in July 2019. The report identified the vessel’s yaw and the prevailing tidal stream acting on the vessel as key contributing factors to the incident.
A deck crewmember went to the bridge to make a telephone call with the ship’s internet phone. While walking about on the bridge with the cordless phone, he went to the open outer door on the starboard side bridge wing, where he saw a slipper lying on the grating by the lifebuoy release station.
The Swedish clud has released the following monthly safety scenario, analyzing an incident of accidental oil spill while bunkering. The report highlights that the crew did not deploy the oil boom, as they thought of the cost. Therefore, the oil spread over the harbour.
