This article doesn’t mention, I couldn’t locate, where this incident took place. Nevertheless, I’m sure it will generate interest for some discussion. [image] Real Life Incident: Collision Between Tanker And Container Vessel Averted By... A tanker ship and a container vessel had a narrow…

The source is the MARS program at the Nautical Institute which is described, “The Mariners’ Alerting and Reporting Scheme (MARS) is primarily a confidential reporting system run by The Nautical Institute to allow full reporting of accidents (and near misses) without fear of identification…” The mor…

The undermanning of the bridge mentioned in the article occurs when the mate has done excess hours and the second and third mates have been six on six off throughout the port call and the master is struggling to provide a "well rested " mate to keep a watch.

Yuppers. All Chief mates should day work and a second third mate should be standard.

I never figured out how someone thought it was OK to have a job that required two people to stand a 6 on 6 off watch in port on a tanker crude oil washing and simultaneously ballasting and discharging and only provided three mates to do it. The one time we were really stretched was about 80 miles o…

Pilots have had a program like this for ages: https://asrs.arc.nasa.gov/report/electronic.html

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