I would agree the engine noise/propeller/vibration on a container feeder is on a different level to most ships and is not conducive to a good sleep and neither when working cargo.
It will be interesting to see what the watch pattern, previous working hours and length of time onboard of the watch keeper at the time of the incident.
I do think there is no excuse for the collision but it will be interesting to see what the contributory factors were.
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