Communication, steering errors cited in ship-dredge collision

摘要

Errors by the master and helmsman on the world's largest juice carrier caused the ship to ram a stationary dredge in Newark Bay in 2008, National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) investigators said. The outbound 672-foot OrangernSun struck the spudded-down dredge New York Jan. 24 in clear weather at 1352 just outside the main shipping channel. New York, the worlds largest backhoe dredge, had $6 million in damage, including salvage costs.