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BBC Marmara report and safety flyer published

Grounding of a general cargo vessel on the island of Eilean Trodday in the Little Minch, off the west coast of Scotland.

From:
Marine Accident Investigation Branch
Published
30 November 2023

Today, we have published our accident investigation report into the grounding of BBC Marmara while on passage from Foynes, Republic of Ireland to Scrabster, Scotland in July 2021, resulting in significant damage to the vessel鈥檚 hull.

皇冠体育app report, available via this link, contains details of what happened, subsequent actions taken and recommendations.

础听safety flyer to the shipping industry聽was also produced with this report to summarise common themes from MAIB investigations where navigational safeguards had been circumvented.

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Published 30 November 2023