Safety awareness on large vessels.

Yesterday, MOL released thoughts on m/v Wakashio ( 2007 built, 203,130 ton DWT bulker ) which grounded in shallow waters, 0.9 nautical miles off the coast of Mauritius, on July 25th, 2020.

"In MOL's view, such behaviour on a large vessel reflects a lack of safety awareness." https://lnkd.in/d-hxVrw

Probably same issue will rise in ONE APUS investigation.

Her losing thousands of containers on November 30 (remember, her sister One Aquila suffered similar damage a month earlier) due to stormy weather will raise questions on safety awareness.

ONE APUS is a very large containership with 14,000 TEU- capacity and equipped with outstanding safety capabilities and new technologies. Now we see that crew and even onshore personnel such as planners shall have an increasing level of understanding and precautions while the vessels are getting larger.

Once again we remember;
Man cannot win the fight against "severe weather conditions" unless safety awareness is intact.

Photo Credit: Mobilisation Nationale Wakashio

Photo credit: W K Webster (www.wkwebster.com)