Captain & CM Jailed For Collision while ship was at anchor!

**john** · December 10th, 2008, 11:20 PM

Crazy:
http://www.tradewinds.no/tankers/article526197.ece

The captain could have averted a collision by pulling up the anchor or moving backward at full or half the usual speed."

**captjacksparrow** · December 11th, 2008, 01:59 AM

Meanwhile, back at the ranch, the governments of the seafaring nations of the world scratch their heads in wonder as to why it becomes harder by the day to convince their citizens to pursue careers in the maritime profession. I quote the philosopher Homer Simpson: <strong>Doh!!!</strong>

**Kingfysh** · December 11th, 2008, 08:02 AM

Stuff like this is why I stopped sailing. The pay does not make up for the amount of liability that we are accepting as deck officers...... Maybe, the courts were under the impression that in order to start the engines on a ship you just have to choke them, pump the fuel bulb, and then yank madly at a pull cord.

**Capt_Anonymous** · December 11th, 2008, 10:50 AM

I certainly hope that they have not exhausted the appeals process and that some sanity is allowed to return to this process. This is like being T-boned by a drunk on the road, and being sent to jail for vehicular homicide because someone in the offender's automobile died on impact.

**john** · December 13th, 2008, 11:15 PM

I'd say something like this couldn't happen in the US but, the last I checked, the Captain of the Cosco Busan was still being held as a witness by the USCG in San Francisco.