MARINE SAFETY INVESTIGATION REPORT No. 200

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MARINE SAFETY INVESTIGATION REPORT No. 200 Independent investigation into the grounding of the Bahamas registered passenger ship Astor in Platypus Channel, Townsville, Queensland 26 February 2004 Released under the provisions of the Transport Safety Investigation Act 2003
ISSN 1447-087X ISBN 1 877071 75 7 August 2004 This report was produced by the Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB), PO Box 967, Civic Square ACT 2608. Readers are advised that the ATSB investigates for the sole purpose of enhancing safety. Consequently, reports are confined to matters of safety significance and may be misleading if used for any other purpose. As ATSB believes that safety information is of greatest value if it is passed on for the use of others, copyright restrictions do not apply to material printed in this report. Readers are encouraged to copy or reprint for further distribution, but should acknowledge ATSB as the source. ii
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Page 5 and 6: iv Media Release Breakdown in commu
Page 7 and 8: 2 The investigation into the ground
Page 9 and 10: 4 FIGURE 1: Astor plan
Page 11 and 12: 6 Townsville Ships approaching the
Page 13 and 14: 8 Pilots utilise their ship handlin
Page 15 and 16: 10 The master, the staff captain, a
Page 17 and 18: 12 FIGURE 4: Portion of chart Aus 2
Page 19 and 20: 14 After arriving in Cairns, an und
Page 21 and 22: 16 VDRs record critical ship’s da
Page 23 and 24: 18 During the ship’s dry docking
Page 25 and 26: 20 FIGURE 9: GBR pilot's plot 1909
Page 27 and 28: 22 Reported steering gear failure A
Page 29 and 30: 24 The fractured pieces of the comp
Page 31 and 32: 26 correct operation of number one
Page 33 and 34: 28 In not heeding the pilot’s adv
Page 35 and 36: 30 a conscious decision not to be c
Page 37 and 38: 32 that he had attended BRM trainin
Page 40: 6 CONCLUSIONS These conclusions ide
Page 44 and 45: 8 SUBMISSIONS Under Part 4, Divisio
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