Mauritius Accident Is there a problem with how to handle electronic sea maps? Panama Shipping Authority September 11, 15:20
A Japanese freighter ran aground in Mauritius, an island nation in the Indian Ocean, and a large amount of heavy oil spilled. I revealed the result.
Off the coast of Mauritius, in July, the cargo ship "WAKASHIO" chartered by MOL was stranded, and a large amount of heavy oil spilled into the sea where coral reefs spread, causing serious environmental pollution.
Panama's shipping authorities, which are registered cargo ships, revealed the results of the investigation so far on the 7th of this month.
According to the report, the freighter analyzed that the course was changed to land closer to the land at the direction of the arrested captain, probably because the crew was connected to the Mauritius Internet.
Sonouede, for the cause of the accident to be considered at this stage,
▽ there is a problem with the handling of such digitized charts, at that time, that the cargo ship was not able to properly understand that you are close to the shallows,
▽ It is pointed out that it is possible that the flight status of the crew was not sufficiently monitored.
Panama's shipping authorities are planning to proceed with interviews with the captain and analysis of navigation data in order to investigate the cause of the accident.