Tug Magni up close:
MAGNI" in Reykjavik, 02.05.2024
Photo: Sven Arild Pedersen via NSF
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Last comment, having just read the report.
They never got onto the correct heading, they were starting to come ahead with the red buoy on the port bow, maybe they were still conning from starboard bridge wing. At this stage being in the centre would give a better idea of the real position and heading of the ship.
As I said before it only gets worse before getting better, they should have been another 10 to 20 degrees to port before giving it the gun.
Having no wind force data, well that is plain shabby, not very professional on a high wind age ship like that.
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Indeed.
Additionally, the entire bridge team would have had the availability of 3 minute prediction set up on the various ECDIS screens on both the wings and centre consoles which would have indicated that they were making significant easterly leeway directly towards a very close lee shore. Not once but twice.
The Doppler vectors would have indicated the same and onboard meteorological telemetry would have both been very accurate and in real time.
The electronic outputs and predictions should have been very concerning to the entire bridge team. None of it makes sense.
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I entered Reykjavik last year as a passenger. The ship was twin screw conventional, twin bow thruster and stern thruster. I would have taken much more notice of my surroundings if I had read this report earlier.
Hogsnort,
Was your vessel berthed head in or head out?
This conventional 300m Costa vessel was swung and berthed head out. I am just wondering why the Norwegian Prima was head in…….perhaps her wastewater manifold was only on the starboard side.
There were two ships, both berthed port side to head out. One berthed as per the photo and we were berthed astern of her.
Interesting. Iceland is renowned for its strong winds and looking at the narrow throat outside the breakwater, berthing head out makes a great deal of sense.
This is an odd one.
I checked to see if I had any photos. My wife took all the photos so no.
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Here is another photo of three ships at the same Skarfabakki cruise terminal in Reykjavik. Once again, all three vessels are head out…….
That’s an interesting point. The master / pilot power dynamic has been altered.
Cruise ship captains may sometimes call into ports where pilots have little or no training / experience with this type propulsion. A captain can’t always be sure who’s coming up that ladder.
A captain calling to a small unfamiliar port may, by default, consider the pilot to be in an advisory role.
Not considering the pilot’s advice more carefully in this case was most likely an error .