Parting of mooring line between shuttle tanker Randgrid and monobuoy resulting in discharge of 12 tonnes of crude oil

Location: Tetney monobuoy, Humber Estuary, 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: 20 December 2000

Accident Investigation Report: Randgrid

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

randgrid.pdf (473.25 kb)

Summary

Report of the parting of the mooring line between the Tetney buoy and the North Sea Shuttle tanker Randgrid resulting in the discharge of 12 tonnes of crude oil into the Humber Estuary on 20 December 2000.

Published 23 January 2015