Exxon Valdez Grounding #2

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Exxon Valdez Grounding

Even if the captain leaves the bridge he should still be able to maintain awareness if need be. In this case the captain left the bridge while the ship was on an unsafe heading, if you roughly know the time of the turn, keep an eye on the time, if you can’t feel the ship turning on time something is wrong. Plus you can take a glance out the window to see if Bligh Reef light is where it ought to be. In that situation captain should feel “chronic unease”. SOP when a green mate is on watch, th…

CNN Video: Captain Hazelwood Recreates Exxon Valdez Grounding Simulator

From gcaptain CNN Video: Captain Hazelwood Recreates Exxon Valdez Grounding Simulator Reporter seemed to want to blame the C.G. No insights on the accidents that I could see. Here is a thread from 2012Exxon Valdez Incident

Exxon Valdez Incident

Here is a time line of the EV incident, the chart shows the track-line [ATTACH]1943[/ATTACH] Mar 22, 1989 2335 Exxon Valdez Arrives Valdez Marine Terminal Mar 23 0054 Transfer of ballast water started 0415 Transfer of ballast water complete 0505 Transfer of oil began 1030 Hazelwood, Glowacki, and Roberson went ashore 1924 Loading of cargo completed 2020 Pilot Murphy arrived at the ship for the outbound trip 2030 Hazelwood, Glowacki, and Roberson returned to the ship 2040 Haze…