Source: 25 July 2008/Shiptalk news
US Federal authorities said the potentially “catastrophic” decision to assign an inexperienced sailor to a key position led to the grounding last spring of a cruise ship that was carrying nearly 300 people in southeastern Alaska. “The National Transportation Safety Board has determined that the probable cause of the grounding of the Empress of the North was the failure of the officer of the watch and the helmsman to navigate the turn at Rocky Island, which resulted from the master’s decision to assign an inexperienced, newly licensed junior third mate to the bridge watch from midnight to 4:00 a.m.,” the agency said in a report made public Wednesday (23 July). “The third mate was not familiar with the route, the vessel’s handling characteristics, or the equipment on the vessel’s bridge.”
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