Large waves shipped over mooring deck of crude oil tanker FR8 Venture with 1 person injured and loss of 2 lives

Location: Near to west pilot station to Scapa Flow in the Orkney Islands, Scotland.

• 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: 11 November 2006

Accident Investigation Report 16/2007

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

FR8VentureReport.pdf (2,502.95 kb)

Summary

Report on the investigation of the loss of two lives and one seriously injured person on board the Singaporean registered tanker FR8 Venture close to the west pilot station to Scapa Flow in the Orkney Islands on 11 November 2006.

Published: 18 July 2007

Published 23 January 2015