Thanks Danijela, I will pass on your comments to Darko.
Regards, Rick

Thanks Ian, one of my many mentors, captain Ambrose Jones (who sadly died last year) always referred to the best Nav Aid of all - the Mark 1 eyeball- which, with all the modern electronics and demands on the OOW, often gets 'forgotten'. Seems that both these ships had deficiencies in that department!
Regards, Rick

Rick, Thanks for the Reply amazing depite all the modern Marine Nav aids things like this still happen.
best regards
Ian

Great photo!

Hi Ian, bearing in mind the comments I added above, I do not know who had 'right of way', nor the precise location, and whether it was subject to any traffic seperation or extraneous matters such as reduced visibility.
I assume not, and that it occurred 'deep sea'.
So many *basic* principles of seakeeping and collison avoidance appear to have been broken by both ships, but it would seem that from the photo alone, the prime cause may be attributed to the Chinese ship.
The International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea clearly state in crossing situations that the following should apply:-
"When two power-driven vessels are crossing, the vessel which has the other on the starboard side must give way and avoid crossing ahead of her."
The fact that there was no resolved Maritime Court case or attributable blame apportioned (that we know of), & that it was dealt with by Settlement Agreement makes me think that there was mitigation and similar acceptance of blame: i.e. 50/50.
The apparent speed of the container ship and *perhaps* her total lack of attempted avoidance did not help matters!
Regards, Rick

Patalavaca, Interesting series of photos, who do you think is to blame?