The ATSB is investigating the breakaway and grounding of a ship - the product tanker CSC Friendship - at the Port of Brisbane in Queensland on 27 February 2022. I found this comment on linkedin to be interesting:
This will be the most watched investigation in Australian Maritime industry this century.
Why?
Brisbane was in flood for the 3rd time in 10 years which occurred on the Sunday morning before this event occurred close to midnight. Flood Port Procedures would be well established and utilised until now?
Noted no pilots onboard, so they can’t be the useall scapegoats for groundings but with a change in pilotage providers in Brisbane just a month before this incident it maybe a touchy point for some.
Safe port questions to be raised by P&I clubs, which is a fair question.
Noting the last floods no brisbane ferries were lost yet this time one sank, ten reported damaged to put it into perspective, which won’t be investigated by ATSB.
And than the closeness of Australian industry! will there by any conflict of interest in this incident investigation? ATSB is managed by the ex Manager Maritime safety Queensland ? Which is In charge of these port procedures.
The report and critical safety issues raised will definitly be a must read in the Maritime industry.
Hopefully it can be published soon before the next flood to avoid repeat events this being a tanker at critical Queensland infrastructure.
Methinks the author of that post may be in for some disturbing surprises.