Completed PE Summary

Sea Challenger

 
Category Merchant
Registered Owner & Manager: Lomar Shipping Ltd
Port of registry: London
Flag: UK
Type: Dry Cargo
Built: 1998
Classification society: Germanischer Lloyd
Length overall: 131.6
Gross tonnage: 6418.00
Date & Time 09/10/04 12:35
Location of incident: Foreign High Seas
Incident Type: Capsize/Listing
Persons onboard: 19 Crew
Injuries/ fatalities: None
Damage/ Pollution: Minor Damage

Synopsis

This vessel suffered a shift of packaged timber deck cargo in storm force sea conditions.

Action taken:

To prevent a similar accident occurring in the future, owners and masters of vessels which carry packaged timber deck cargoes were recommended to read the advice contained in MAIB's report on a recent safety study on the carriage of Timber Deck Cargoes which can be found on this website

In addition, the owner of this vessel was recommended to:

  • Consider applying high friction coatings to the hatch covers on ships that they own which carry timber deck cargoes.

  • Consider using more dunnage between the tiers of cargo to prevent packages resting on rope slings, which provide poor friction.

  • Wrap timber packages with high friction waterproof covers.

  • Consider using hog wires, which are lashings strung between the uprights and laid between each layer of timber packages, to help reduce the chances of cargo shift.