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Investigation: Helmsman was on the toilet when cutter hit anchored tanker

The Disciplinary Board for Shipping has investigated the allision of the 'ARM 18-Joris Senior ' with the 'Golden Daisy' on the night of Sep 28, 2022, which was anchored near IJmuiden. The damage was extensive. The cutter was on its way to IJmuiden with six crew members, the ship's home port since the ban on pulse fishing. Just before 11.30 p.m., when it slammed into the tanker's side, rupturing a water tank . The bow of the fishing vessel was badly damaged too. The cause of the accident was that the helmsman was on the toilet. He has now been given a hefty fine. The helmsman was on board as a substitute skipper and officer of the watch at the time of the allision. The man appears to have made one mistake after another. He did not follow the course that the skipper had set. The intention was to sail north of the anchorage to IJmuiden. While the rest of the crew was asleep, the helmsman chose to go through the anchorage area anyway to arrive a bit earlier. It should have been clear to him that, sailing through the anchorage, constant alertness on the bridge was required, but left the bridge for about five minutes, without anyone else there. While he had seen the tanker, he expected the cutter to pass it at a distance of a few hundred metres, not taking into account the influence of the wind and the current. Furthermore, the agreement was that he would call the skipper when they approached IJmuiden. He had failed to do so. The disciplinary board found that the man ‘seriously failed in his responsibilities as a helmsman/officer of the watch, resulting in the allision, and that it was incomprehensible that the man simply went to the toilet. As a result, he ‘endangered the safety of the crews. He was previously fined 1500 euros for acting as a substitute skipper on a ship, while he did not have the correct certifictes for this. The disciplinary board has now imposed a fine of 3000 euros on him, half of which is conditional. This took into account the fact that he is the sole earner and can no longer sail as a crew member due to physical problems, partly caused by the accident. The fishing cutter involved in the accident no longer in service. The ship was handed in for scrapping a few months after the collision as part of the restructuring scheme for the fishing industry. Report with photo: https://www.pzc.nl/middelburg/toiletbezoek-met-grote-gevolgen-viskotter-botst-op-tanker~a5ba1be7/?cb=b6617ba5-164e-488e-9051-51875381afec&auth_rd=1