Marine

The mate of the container ship Bunga Teratai Satu allowed it to ground on Sudbury Reef off Cairns on 2 November 2000 because he was distracted by his wife's telephone conversation while in charge of the watch.

Failure to keep proper lookouts aboard the Liberian woodchip carrier Craig The Pioneer and the Australian prawn trawler May Bell II resulted in a collision between the two vessels east of Newcastle at 0157 on 9 October 1999, according to the report of the investigation into the

The ATSB is conducting a full investigation into the grounding of the Malaysian flag containership 'Bunga Teratai Satu' on Sudbury Reef in the Great Barrier Reef on 2 November 2000.

At approximately 0730 this morning a Malaysian flag, 24 000 tonne container vessel 'Bunga Teratai Satu' ran aground on Sudbury Reef south-east of Cairns in the Great Barrier Reef marine park. The ship was en route from Singapore to Sydney.

At approximately 0700 on Thursday 22 June, the Australian
Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) received a report of a possible
collision between and cargo ship and a fishing vessel off the north
coast of NSW in the early hours of 21 June.