In the accident where a submarine of the Maritime Self-Defense Force collided with a cargo ship off the coast of Kochi Prefecture, the National Transport Safety Commission dispatched an investigator to a cargo ship moored off the coast of Kobe Port to check the damage to the hull. We conducted surveys such as interviews with the crew and crew.
Three investigators from the Japan Transport Safety Board conducted an investigation of the cargo ship "Ocean Artemis" anchored off the coast of Kobe Port for four and a half hours from noon on the 11th.
The investigators boarded the ship to investigate the damaged parts, collected voyage materials, and heard from the crew the details of the situation at the time of the accident.
The investigation off the coast of Kobe Port will be completed in 11 days, and if necessary, the destination of the cargo ship, Mizushima Port in Kurashiki City, Okayama Prefecture, will be further investigated for damage.
Kenichi Hirano, director of the Japan Transport Safety Board Kobe Office, said, "I would like to bring back the results of today's survey and analyze it, and consider how much to investigate in the future. It will be a big project, so the results will be available in a few months. It's not something that will come out, but I'd like to try to clarify it as soon as possible. "