Emergency Contingency Procedures ECP - Matrix Collision	Doc No.: ECP-A4 Revision: 01 Date: 15 Oct 2024 Issued by: DPA Approved by: MD

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Action to be taken	Bridge Team	Technical Team	Emergency Squad	Watch Officer	Office
Call Master	⚫
Report casualty	⚫			⚫
Alert vessel's crew - account for and ensure their safety				⚫
Establish communications with the other vessel	⚫			⚫
If vessel is unable to manoeuvre due to exceptional circumstances, display ‘Not under command’ signal (as per COLREGS Rule 27). Change the navigation status on the AIS	⚫			⚫
Implement VRP / SOPEP as applicable	⚫				⚫
Initiate damage control measures	⚫	⚫	⚫
Isolate cargo and fuel pipeline sources to affected areas of vessel		⚫	⚫
Determine vessel's structural integrity (damaged stability and hull stress)	⚫	⚫	⚫		⚫
Sound internal spaces and initiate structural damage survey			⚫	⚫
Report casualty to Co. Office	⚫
Contact Class ERS for damage stability assessment and advise on Cargo / Ballast transfer	⚫		⚫
Transfer cargo internally and/or consider lightering	⚫		⚫
Determine need for commercial salvage assistance	⚫				⚫
Ascertain cause of casualty	⚫	⚫	⚫
Preserve VDR or S-VDR records if not automatically protected	⚫
Sound general emergency alarm	⚫
Manoeuvre as appropriate/stop engine	⚫
Close watertight doors and automatic fire doors			⚫
Muster any passenger	⚫
Prepare survival crafts if there is need to abandon ship		⚫	⚫
Broadcast Urgency or Distress message, if appropriate	⚫
Offer assistance to other vessel	⚫
Switch on deck light	⚫
Preserve ECDIS records	⚫
Maintain log/records of events and decisions	⚫
Inform VTS or port authority, as appropriate	⚫