Accident on bulk carrier results in revised training and regulations, and a full review of mooring safety.
In many cases, seafarers understand that mooring lines are not an item with which to mess around. Nevertheless, repetition can make any task, however dangerous, seem mundane. On a calm August morning in 2021, a routine operation turned fatal on board bulk carrier Mona Manx, as the vessel was berthing at Puerto Ventanas, Chile.
The Isle of Man–registered vessel, operated by Union Marine Management Services, was arriving in Chile to load cargo. The ship’s bridge and deck teams were experienced, and conditions were good: light winds, fine visibility,