
Ports
Master and Pilot at Fault as Bulker Contacted Wharf During Departure
The Taiwan Transportation Safety Board found that the master and pilot of the bulk carrier Pacific Century failed to properly discuss and agree on departure procedures, causing the 295-meter Hong Kong-flagged vessel to contact Wharf No. 89 at the Port of Kaohsiung on June 9 last year. The incident damaged the vessel's rudder and wharf facility, and caused a working boat moored alongside to capsize and sink after being impacted by propeller wash.



















