Heavy weather damage to ro-ro passenger ferry HRossey

Location: Off the Shetland Islands, Scotland.

Published 23 January 2015

• From: Marine Accident Investigation Branch

• Date of occurrence: 11 March 2002
• Vessel type: Merchant vessel 100 gross tons or over
• Report type: Completed preliminary examination

Completed PE Summary: HRossey

A short summary of the accident and action taken:

Type:		Passenger vessel
Date		03/11/02
Incident Type:		Heavy weather damage
Injuries/ fatalities:		None

Synopsis

Heavy weather damage to passenger vessel.

Action taken:

The Chief Inspector of marine accidents has made the following recommendation to the owner/skipper of the vessel:

• The lessons learnt from this accident should be promulgated through the issue of a MAIB Safety Digest article.

• A Chief Inspector’s letter should be sent to the classification society and shipbuilder bringing their attention to the failure of the bearing housings

Published 23 January 2015