Captain Robert Koningstein was the officer of the watch on the 461,000-cbf Spring Bok (built 1984) as it hit the 3,434-cbm Gas Arctic (built 1992) in the stern.

He pleaded guilty at Southampton Magistrates Court to three collision regulations (Colregs) offences: failure to keep a good lookout, a failure to ascertain that risk of collision existed and a failure to keep clear of a vessel being overtaken.

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