A Conti Holding cruiseship hit rocks off Scotland due to poor communication between bridge officers, a UK report has found.
The 15,100–gt Bahamas-flagged Hamburg (built 1997) grounded on charted rocks near the New Rocks buoy in the Sound of Mull last May, with 461 people on board.
The Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) said no injuries were suffered, but the vessel sustained “considerable raking damage to the hull and rendered the port propeller, shaft and rudder unserviceable.”
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