Catastrophic failure of windlass hydraulic motor on oil tanker Stellar Voyager

Location: Off Tees Bay, England.

• From: Marine Accident Investigation Branch
• Published: 23 January 2015

• Vessel type: Merchant vessel 100 gross tons or over
• Report type: Investigation report
• Date of occurrence: 23 March 2009

Accident Investigation Report 25/2005

Investigation report into marine accident including what happened, safety lessons and recommendations made:

StellarVoyagerReport.pdf (1,062.53 kb)

Annexes (3,808.63 kb)

Summary

Report on the investigation of the catastrophic failure of a windlass hydraulic motor on board the oil tanker Stellar Voyager resulting in a major injury, off Tees Bay on 23 March 2009.

Published: 9 December 2009

Published 23 January 2015