Over the past 26 years, investigations into 41 collisions between trading ships and small vessels on the Australian coast have identified that not maintaining a proper lookout and taking early avoiding action, in accordance with the collision regulations, has been a consistent and continuing contributor to such collisions.
The Australian Transport Safety Bureau reinforces to masters, owners, operators and skippers of all vessels, the importance of taking all necessary measures to ensure that a proper and effective lookout, in accordance with the collision regulations, is kept at all times and early avoiding action in accordance with those regulations is taken to prevent collision.
