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Tragedy avoided by ‘narrowest of margins’ after Irish trawler collided into oil tanker
A tragedy was narrowly avoided last year when an Irish trawler ran into the side of a large oil tanker in the Irish Sea around 90km off the Waterford coast, according to an official investigation into the collision. A report by the Marine Casualty Investigation Board found that the standard of look-out on both vessels was “wholly inadequate” and the “root cause” of the incident. The MCIB said the collective failure of both vessels to keep a proper look-out had led to a loss of situational awareness which made a collision inevitable. more, >>CLICK TO READ<< 08:44
