Independent Panel Releases Report on Cosco Busan

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cosco busan thumbnail Independent Panel Releases Report on Cosco BusanSan Francisco, CA (28 January): A panel of outside experts formed by the commandant of the Coast Guard to study the response to the Cosco Busan oil spill today released the first of two reports it was chartered to produce. The 120-page ‘Phase I’ report looks at the first two weeks of response operations that unfolded in the wake of the Nov. 7 incident. A second report on the entire cleanup operation is due in several months.

The panel was not tasked with determining the cause of the incident and the report deals only with preparedness and response to the spill. The report contains 59 recommendations related to preparedness, and 79 aimed at improving response operations. These range from relatively simple ideas, such as making oiled wildlife reporting hotlines easier to access, to changes in spill response operations and research on remote sensing technology for detecting spills in low visibility conditions.

Click HERE to continue reading this article at Maritime Executive or view the official Report HERE.

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  • john Denham
    The present ISPR report as I understand is part1 of 2 reports. I found the brief timeline in the introduction-summary to be inconsistant with the animation and navigational data. With the 0827- 0831 animation I found further conflicts with the probable scenario.
  • john Denham
    The present ISPR report as I understand is part1 of 2 reports. I found the brief timeline in the introduction-summary to be inconsistant with the animation and navigational data. With the 0827- 0831 animation I found further conflicts with the probable scenario.
  • reader
    There is a reasonably good timed animation showing the the period 08:28:52 PST - 08:31:37 PST here:
    http://s3.amazonaws.com/gcaptain-s3/maritime/vi...

    as explained here:
    Cosco Busan - ECDIS Tracking w/ Google Maps
    http://gcaptain.com/maritime/blog/cosco-busan-g...
  • reader
    The period 08:27:27 PST - 08:31:37 PST is reasonably well documented in an animation here:

    http://s3.amazonaws.com/gcaptain-s3/maritime/vi...

    as explained here:

    http://gcaptain.com/maritime/blog/cosco-busan-g...

    It is my understanding that the ISPR was meant to deal with the response to the allision, leaving the cause of the allision to other investigations; in particular but not limited to the NTSB.
  • john Denham
    My perusal of the summary disclosed several inconsistancies in the BREIF TIMELINE OF EVENTS. From events 0820 through 0829 does not appear navigationally feasible. If this is a pre-cursor of the ISPR expertness, we will never know why the COSCO BUSAN allided with the fender on D tower. My chart analysis using reported speed and stated facts produce different situations than can have actually happened. I feel the statements maybe true but are not sequentlualy correct.
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