IMCA: Sinking of tug Biter with loss of two lives

The UK Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) has published Accident Investigation 17/2024 relating to the girting and capsize of tug Biter with the loss of two lives.

What Happened?

On 24 February 2023, the twin screw conventional tug Biter girted and capsized off Greenock, Scotland while attached to the stern of the passenger vessel Hebridean Princess, which was making its approach to James Watt Dock. Biter’s two crew were unable to escape from the capsized vessel and lost their lives.

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