Peterhead tug accident report published

THE Marine Accident Investigation Board’s (MAIB’s) investigation report on the loss of the tug Ijsselstroom in the port of Peterhead on 14 June 2009, was published today.

The tug Ijsselstroom had been working on the construction of a new berth and breakwater in the Port of Peterhead. On the morning of 14 June 2009 she was tasked to act as a stern tug for the barge Tak Boa 1, which was arriving off the port with a cargo of 5000 tonnes of large rocks from Sweden.