# Official Wakashio Accident Report **URL:** \ **Category:** Marine Incidents\ **Created:** [July 20, 2023, 12:20pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/official-wakashio-accident-report/66657 "2023-07-20T12:20:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ombugge](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/ombugge/32/11217_2.png) [@ombugge](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/ombugge)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2023, 12:20pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/official-wakashio-accident-report/66657/1 "2023-07-20T12:20:52Z")
Panama’s final accident report into the grounding of the newcastlemax bulk carrier Wakashio has been made public: > **[Official Wakashio accident report made public - Splash247](https://splash247.com/official-wakashio-accident-report-made-public/)** > > After months of trying Splash was finally to obtain this week Panama’s final accident report into the grounding of the newcastlemax bulk carrier, an accident that sparked the worst environmental disaster in the history of Mauritius with bunker fuel... ---
**Author:** ![spowiednick](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/spowiednick/32/35668_2.png) [@spowiednick](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/spowiednick)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2023, 8:20am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/official-wakashio-accident-report/66657/2 "2023-07-21T08:20:45Z")
one can download the report from my drive . cheers > **[Final Investigation Report Wakashio 25 July 2020.pdf](https://drive.google.com/file/d/18TqMpSz8MANj6_F-vQfA4Wowl9A8gV2o/view?usp=sharing)** > > Google Drive file. ---
**Author:** ![Urs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/958977/32.png) [@Urs](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Urs)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2023, 1:12pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/official-wakashio-accident-report/66657/3 "2023-07-21T13:12:09Z")
Thank you. The forum’s extensive speculations about the grounding in July 2020 are here \>\>\> [https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/giant-bulker-wakashio-aground-on-reef-off-mauritius/56171](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/giant-bulker-wakashio-aground-on-reef-off-mauritius/56171) ---
**Author:** ![Kennebec\_Captain](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/kennebec_captain/32/13_2.png) [@Kennebec\_Captain](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Kennebec_Captain)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2023, 10:58am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/official-wakashio-accident-report/66657/4 "2023-07-22T10:58:23Z")
The report is not well written, difficult to tell what happened. Apparently the planned track had sufficient UKC but the bridge crew did not appreciate how close the track was to grounding hazards which led them not to pay sufficient attention to the ship’s position as it wandered off track. ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/gcaptain_maritime_forum/original/3X/0/c/0c0959e9e42f543606dd579b88f20c2b341f981b.jpeg) It should go without saying the bridge watch should maintain a proper watch at all times. That said it’s natural that the watch will sometimes be less vigilant when the perception is that the vessel faces low risk. Which was apparently the case here. ---
**Author:** ![Kennebec\_Captain](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/kennebec_captain/32/13_2.png) [@Kennebec\_Captain](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Kennebec_Captain)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2023, 11:23am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/official-wakashio-accident-report/66657/5 "2023-07-23T11:23:43Z")
The official report says fatigue was not an factor because he crew had sufficient rest due to the nature of the voyage (open ocean) but likely crew effectiveness was low because of the length of time the crew had been aboard. ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/gcaptain_maritime_forum/original/3X/2/7/2722053f477515b731acc2b3aaa16a752cb49480.png) The bosun had jumped overboard a month before the grounding. From the gcaptain article [Wakashio Report Released 3 Years After Grounding in Mauritius](https://gcaptain.com/wakashio-report-released-3-years-after-grounding-in-mauritius/) > It should also be noted that the incident occurred amid the crew change crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. In fact, the report points out that the ship’s previous Bosun had jumped overboard a month before the accident, leaving the AB position unfilled due to COVID-19 restrictions after the previous AB was promoted to Bosun. ---
**Author:** ![Urs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/958977/32.png) [@Urs](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Urs)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2023, 12:04pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/official-wakashio-accident-report/66657/6 "2023-07-23T12:04:14Z")
> [@Kennebec\_Captain](#): > > …but likely crew effectiveness was low because of the length of time the crew had been aboard Yes, that could partly explain the somewhat chaotic behavior of all crew. The situation at sea was disastrous in mid-2020 comparable to war times, psychologically may be even worse. During the war, one could think that all this is to protect the family at home, the community and the country. In mid-2020 it was a war against an invisible deadly enemy, quasi unknown then, that could hit everyone everywhere for unknown reasons. ---
**Author:** ![spowiednick](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/spowiednick/32/35668_2.png) [@spowiednick](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/spowiednick)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2023, 9:38am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/official-wakashio-accident-report/66657/7 "2023-07-27T09:38:06Z")
This report is a disgrace , it is a joke , it is an insult to seafarers .A sloppy piece of paper work done without due diligence in proper discovery and done solely to fulfill a certain beaurocratic requirement of IMO. And it sort of should scare some , that the new boss of IMO begining Jan 2024 would be Panamanian. ---
**Author:** ![ombugge](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/ombugge/32/11217_2.png) [@ombugge](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/ombugge)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2023, 4:04pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/official-wakashio-accident-report/66657/8 "2023-09-28T16:04:31Z")
The Japanese report: > **[Japan Transport Safety Board issues report on Wakashio disaster  -...](https://splash247.com/japan-transport-safety-board-issues-report-on-wakashio-disaster/)** > > The Japan Transport Safety Board has issued its report on the grounding of the Wakashio newcastlemax, one of this decade’s most high-profile bulker casualties.  As with earlier reports into the disaster which caused huge ecological damage to...