At 0244 on Tuesday, 29 June 2004, the fishing vessel Ocean Odyssey collided with the container ship P&O Nedlloyd Taranaki in the approaches to Port Botany, New South Wales. At the time of the collision P&O Nedlloyd Taranaki was 'not under command'1 with a main engine breakdown and was in a position with Cape Banks light bearing 327(T) by 4.7 miles. Ocean Odyssey sustained damage to its hull and deck in the collision and returned to Sydney immediately for repairs. P&O Nedlloyd Taranaki sustained only slight scratching to the paintwork on the ship's side.
1 'Not under command', means a vessel which through some exceptional circumstance is unable to manoeuvre as required by the International Regulations for the Prevention of Collisions at Sea, 1972, and is therefore unable to keep out of the way of another vessel.
