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WRITTEN QUESTION TO THE MINISTER FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BY DEPUTY S.S.A.P. POWER OF ST. BRELADE
ANSWER TO BE TABLED ON TUESDAY 9th OCTOBER 2007
Question
- Would the Minister advise members whether, on 20th June 2007 when the Library andEducationalCharity Ship LogosIIwas docking in Jersey, the starboard bow of the ship hit theVictoria Quay, causing damageto some land tiesadjacent to thecementpump housing location and dragging a harbour crane along the Victoria Quay forsome distance and then the ship allegedly reversed into the former harbourworkboat,Duchesseof Normandie ?
- Would the Minister confirm whetheranyemployeesof Jersey Harbours wereon the bridgeof Logos II during this alleged incident, and ifso,what role they were performing?
- Can the Minister confirm whether a Jersey qualified Port Pilot wasonboardthe ship andwhetherthe investigation into this alleged incident by the Marineand Coastguard Agency, through its Marine Accident Investigation Branch will bemade public?
Answer
- Anaccident did occurasoutlined in the question. This is a matter ofpublicknowledge and wasreportedat the timeinthemedia. I can confirm that somedamageoccurredto the land ties,crane and twosmallvessels.
- Twoemployeesof Jersey Harbours were present in the ship at the time
( i) on the bridge was a Jersey qualified pilot who was carrying out his duties regarding the berthing of the
ship;
( ii ) the Harbour Master was also on board. As a past crew member of the vessel he was there in a personal
capacity visiting friends. During his visit, he spent some time in the canteen below decks and also spent some time on the bridge deck. The MAIB have told me that he was not part of the bridge team and took no part in the decision making or handling of the ship.
- I can indeed confirm the presence of a Jersey qualified pilot, and this was in accordance with the requirements of the Pilotage (Jersey) Law 1988. Theaccident is under investigation by the MarineAccident Investigation Branch(MAIB).Thereport into theaccident will be made public. This is as stated in the Ministerial Decisionof 5th July 2007.
I need to reiterate what we said in the Press Release of 5th July: "Once the investigation is completed the
report will be publicly available and until such time it is regretted no further comment can be made."