No one allows anyone! Captain is good at leaving the cab and hit a container ...

On July 28, 2021, Mike Te Pou was the captain of a 60 -foot fishing boat "Commission". At that time, the ship collided with the Panama container "Kota Lembah".



At that time, the fishing boat sailed at a speed of about 6 knots and laid a long line fishing fish in the Wasan Fast Bay waters of New Zealand. The only qualified observer on the ship Mike TE POU found the container "Kota Lembah" at 0315 am at 0315 am. No.



Because he did not understand the risk of collision, the captain Mike Te Pou left the cab to help the sailors on the boat carrying fishing gear. At the same time, the fishing boat "Commission" was close to the container ship "KOTA LEMBAH". At that time, the container ship was in a state of shutdown engines and was waiting for the Port of Auckland. The collision accident occurred at 0355 in the morning.



After the collision, the hull near the bow of the container ship "KOTA LEMBAH" was scratched, and the location of the fishing boat "Commission" was damaged. The hulls of the two ships were not severely damaged in the collision, and there were no reports of injuries.



This week, the District Court ruled that the Mike Te Pou was charged with unnecessary danger or risks, and fined him for a $ 1650 New Zealand (about 7,000 yuan).



"Captain Mike TE POU left the cab’ s 40 minutes. No check the position of the container ship "Kota Lembah" collided at 0355 am. This is a collision that happened far away from the New Zealand coast. It can be avoided. "Said Pete Dwen, head of the New Zealand Maritime Investigation. "We prosecuted many cases for observing mistakes this year. What is frustrating is that we continue to see these collisions."



The New Zealand Transportation Investigation Commission (TAIC) has a slightly different conclusion in a report released earlier this year. TAIC found that although Mike Te POU failed to maintain properly, his fishing boat had the right to do with advance.



The agency determined that because the container ship "KOTA LEMBAH" automatically closed the engine on the ship, the ship was still a motor ship under the Colregs rule. Because the "Commission" of the fishing boat is fishing, this means that the container ship "KOTA LEMBAH" must be allowed to make the road vessels, so necessary action is needed to avoid collision.