The poor condition of Royal Pescadores’ anchoring equipment was indicative of inadequate maintenance. The shipboard management team were not aware of the equipment’s maintenance history nor able to provide relevant documents from the ship’s planned maintenance system.
The ATSB considers that the proactive safety action taken will adequately address this safety issue.
The ship’s managers, Shih Wei Navigation, investigated the incident and acknowledged shortcomings in the implementation and completion of shipboard planned maintenance. The ship’s managers attributed these shortcomings to a lack of familiarisation with the ship’s safety management system (SMS), its implementation, and oversight of that by the company.
Shih Wei Navigation advised that it has taken the following safety action:
