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 ⚫