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The supervisor must report each accident as quickly as possible, using the fastest means of communication available. The company's standard initial accident report must be used when sent by email, fax or telex. This report must be submitted to the Company and the relevant authorities.
The attention of foremen and officers is drawn to the collection of information, such as recording and preserving evidence.
REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS
When there is a serious casualty, such as Loss, including suspected loss, spinning, grounding, abandonment or damage to the ship, loss of life, serious injury and fire, the owner or master must within 24 hours of arrival at the next port or immediately
If possible, send to the flag state's Maritime Administration a brief description of the incident, indicating the time and place where it occurred, names of vessels, official number, port of registry, probable cause, hot seafarer vacancies, cargo details and nature and extent of damage.
Oil pollution prevention laws require the captain to make an entry in the oil log whenever oil leaves the ship.
COLLISION OR MAJOR ACCIDENTS - A GUIDE FOR MASTERS
Damage or loss resulting from the collision will almost certainly be the subject of subsequent litigation and/or arbitration. It is also likely (hot vacancies for sailors) that in due course there will be an official investigation into the causes of the collision.
(a) In collecting evidence, the Master's attention is drawn to the following advice:
In the event that his ship is involved in a collision with any other ship, the Merchant Shipping Acts require the master to contact the master of the other ship to ascertain whether he requires any assistance.
To protect the interests of the Company, the master must also, at the earliest opportunity, send a message or letter to the other vessel briefly stating that a collision has occurred and that he is responsible for the accident on behalf of the master and owners of the other vessel. This notification must be sent regardless of the circumstances of the collision.
The sending of this letter or message should be carefully recorded and confirmation of receipt, if possible, obtained.
(b) facts and reports
The time and location of the collision must be established as accurately as possible. Information should be retained on the means used to determine the vessel's position, as well as on compass bearings, distances (hot jobs for seafarers), satellite navigation coordinates, soundings, account calculations and other relevant information. The direction of travel of the vessel during the collision must also be determined as accurately as possible.
Errors in bridge clocks or discrepancies between bridge and engine room clocks or recorders should be noted.
The courts give great weight to anything written at or near the time the events occurred. This usually takes the form of deck logs, engine room records, time and calculation documents, etc. e. Post-collision recordings must be clearly identified as such.
Such evidence must be carefully preserved. Immediately after an encounter, the Master must remove all logs, printouts, charts and related documents and begin new ones. The master must ensure that positions and courses recorded prior to the incident are not erased or destroyed from charts or transparent covers, which must remain in use.
Radar plots should be stored in a similar manner, with special care being taken not to interfere with any marks on the reflector plotter.
Any recording devices, such as an echo sounder, must be marked with the date and time the information was recorded (not necessarily the time of the collision, hot jobs for sailors) and initialized by the Officer to mark them. Relevant sections of any such entries shall not be excised from the list. The complete list must be removed to maintain the integrity of the record.
The names and titles of duty personnel and any other witnesses should be recorded.
Generally, the circumstances surrounding the conflict will be investigated by the Company and/or its attorneys before the matter is referred to court or formal investigation. Therefore, the GM should not attempt to interrogate potential witnesses himself, as this may lead to confusion.
