Dragging anchor by product carrier Young Lady resulting in snagging and damaging of gas pipeline

Location: in Tees Bay, England.

• From: Marine Accident Investigation Branch
• Published: 23 January 2015

• Vessel type: Merchant vessel 100 gross tons or over
• Report type: Investigation report
• Date of occurrence: 25 June 2007

Accident Investigation Report 3/2008

Investigation report into marine accident including what happened, safety lessons and recommendations made:

YoungLadyReport.pdf (1,325.59 kb)

Annexes (2,036.30 kb)

Summary

Report on the investigation of Young Lady dragging anchor 5 miles east of Teesport and snagging the CATS gas pipeline, resulting in material damage to the pipe 25 June 2007.

Published: 1 February 2008

Published 23 January 2015