Safety issue
| Safety issue description |
Over the past 26 years, investigations into 41 collisions between trading ships and small vessels on the Australian coast have identified that not maintaining a proper lookout and taking early avoiding action, in accordance with the collision regulations, has been a consistent and continuing contributor to such collisions. |
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| Issue number | MO-2014-006-SI-03 |
| Issue owner | Master, owners, operators and skippers of all vessels |
| Transport function | Marine: Shipboard operations |
| Date issue released | 30/07/2015 |
Safety action
| Action type | Safety advisory notice |
|---|---|
| Action number | MO-2014-006-SAN-019 |
| Organisation | Masters, owners, operators and skippers of all vessels |
| Action date | 30/07/2015 |
| Action description |
The Australian Transport Safety Bureau reinforces to masters, owners, operators and skippers of all vessels, the importance of taking all necessary measures to ensure that a proper and effective lookout, in accordance with the collision regulations, is kept at all times and early avoiding action in accordance with those regulations is taken to prevent collision. |
| Action status | Released |