Fishing vessel "Joanne" and motor tanker "Hellas Constellation", collision, entrance to the Port of Tauranga
Status
Closed
Occurrence Date
Report Publication Date
Jurisdiction
NZ
Legacy Inquiry Number
04-209
On Wednesday 19 May 2004 at about 0117, the fishing vessel "Joanne" collided with the tanker "Hellas Constellation" in the approach channel to the Port of Tauranga. The "Joanne", with 2 people on board, was returning from fishing grounds in Bay of Plenty. The "Hellas Constellation", with a full cargo of automotive gas oil, was entering the Port of Tauranga under pilotage. There were no injuries.
The "Joanne" suffered minor damage to the bow only. The "Hellas Constellation’s" hull plating and framing were set in, but not ruptured, and there was no spillage of its cargo of oil.
The "Hellas Constellation" subsequently berthed safely at the Mount Maunganui tanker terminal. The "Joanne berthed" at the Tauranga fishing wharves after grounding twice while on passage through the harbour.
Safety issues identified included:
• the lack of a watchkeeping monitor alarm on the fishing vessel for a single-handed wheelhouse operation
• the undertaking of navigational watchkeeping tasks whilst impaired by the effects of fatigue.
Safety recommendations were made to the Chief Executive of the Rawlinson Business Trust and the General Manager, Trade and Information, of the Seafood Industry Council.
[The report also found that safety recommendations 042/04 and 043/04 to the Manager of SGS M&I Ships Management Systems and 052/04 to the Director of Maritime Safety which arose from investigation 04-205 (fishing vessel "Bronny G", grounding, Steep Head, Banks Peninsula, 26 March 2004), addressed the above safety issues and were equally applicable to this collision.]
The "Joanne" suffered minor damage to the bow only. The "Hellas Constellation’s" hull plating and framing were set in, but not ruptured, and there was no spillage of its cargo of oil.
The "Hellas Constellation" subsequently berthed safely at the Mount Maunganui tanker terminal. The "Joanne berthed" at the Tauranga fishing wharves after grounding twice while on passage through the harbour.
Safety issues identified included:
• the lack of a watchkeeping monitor alarm on the fishing vessel for a single-handed wheelhouse operation
• the undertaking of navigational watchkeeping tasks whilst impaired by the effects of fatigue.
Safety recommendations were made to the Chief Executive of the Rawlinson Business Trust and the General Manager, Trade and Information, of the Seafood Industry Council.
[The report also found that safety recommendations 042/04 and 043/04 to the Manager of SGS M&I Ships Management Systems and 052/04 to the Director of Maritime Safety which arose from investigation 04-205 (fishing vessel "Bronny G", grounding, Steep Head, Banks Peninsula, 26 March 2004), addressed the above safety issues and were equally applicable to this collision.]
Location
entrance to the Port of Tauranga (-37.615455,176.170835) [may be approximate]