Its pilot noted that he “saw” the Pappy’s Pride by AIS and radar as it transited in the northern half of the anchorage and did not appear to alter course toward the main channel.Īt 1532, the Bow Fortune pilot made a passing arrangement with the pilot on the Chemical Atlantik. The Chemical Atlantik commenced sounding fog signals. The pilot on the outbound tanker Chemical Atlantik stated that he could visually see the Pappy’s Pride before Buoys 11 and 12, but that after passing Buoy 12, the Chemical Atlantik entered fog and no longer had visual contact with the Pappy’s Pride or any other vessel. The vessel headed outbound to the east and north of the inbound barge lane of the ship channel. Rose Point automatic identification system (AIS) video showed the Pappy’s Pride increasing speed to 8.5 knots speed over ground (SOG), turning to starboard, and crossing the Texas City and Houston Ship channels. The Pappy’s Pride, got under way at 1325 from Pier 75 in the Port of Galveston to shrimp along the gulf coast to the north. Around the same time, the pilot was en route for the rendezvous on the pilot boat Galveston the pilot stated the channel’s visibility was clear from the harbor through the Bolivar Roads Anchorage Areas. On January 14, the Master of Bow Fortune, navigated the vessel from the anchorage, with the vessel’s fog signal energized, to make a 1500 rendezvous with the pilot boat. ![]() ![]() The National Transportation Safety Board issued its final report on the fatal collision of the tanker Bow Fortune and commercial fishing vessel Pappy’s Pride near Galveston, Texas.
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