[Ozzie]

Not often I do, but I would like to add my 'two pennyworth' on the discussion board here.

On this point Malcolm, I believe 'ES' is fully correct, in marine insurance terms a ship at anchor is not a stationary object, ie whilst it is not 'underway', it is prone to movement, such as change of tide, wind etc. Hence this is a collision between two ships.

An allision is when a ship hits a completely fixed immoveable object, such as a jetty, wharf etc .

This latest disaster is a shocking case of 'not keeping a lookout' and nobody on the bridge,...it takes a certain level of 'incompetence' to collide, at full speed, with a large tanker at anchor directly in front of you, broadside on. !!

It would appear that the Captain was supposedly the one on watch!! He must have been down below, either drunk, sleeping or doing some other things beside doing the right thing of keeping the watch.

Regards