SUB-COMMITTEE ON STABILITY AND LOAD LINES AND ON ...

Ref.: 391/09 and 520/09
BSU
Bundesstelle für Seeunfalluntersuchung
Federal Bureau of Maritime Casualty Investigation
The last certificate issued for such moves before the accident was valid from 31 July
to 2 August 2009 and the vessel was manned with 11 men for this move as follows:
master, third officer, chief engineer, electrician, three men with watchkeeping licence
(deck), two men with watchkeeping licence (engine), one trainee ship mechanic (2nd
year) and one cook.
A minimum safe manning certificate was requested from the Ship Safety Division
(BG Verkehr) by fax at 1105 on 15 September 2009 CEST (1705 on 15 September
2009 local time in Hong Kong) for the move in which the accident took place.
3.2.6 Working hours
The third officer joined the vessel with a 6-month contract on 28 April 2009. Since he
was the only officer in charge of navigational watch on board on the day of the
accident, two watches were operated, which he shared with the master. His watch
ran from 0000 to 0600 and again from 1200 to 1800. According to the log book and
time sheets, the watch and rest periods were routinely observed.
3.2.7 Load condition according to the shipboard load computer
The CCNI GUAYAS is equipped with a 'Cargo Assistant' load computer made by the
company Clearwater Software & System Service GmbH. According to the printout,
the tank list submitted by the owner is from 5 October 2009 and the mass balance
from 15 September 2009. Below are four figures with the ballast load condition at the
time of the accident:
Figure 11: Tank plan; ballast full = blue, empty = yellow
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