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Bridge comms failure contributes to Fremantle prang

Leeuwin II after the collision. Image: Sam Wilson, CC BY-SA 4.0 / Wikimedia Commons
Leeuwin II after the collision. Image: Sam Wilson, CC BY-SA 4.0 / Wikimedia Commons
  • Posted by Dale Crisp
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  • 3 November, 2025

THE DRAMATIC collision between the 8,400 TEU Maersk Shekou and the sail training ship Leeuwin II in Fremantle’s Inner Harbour in August 2024 resulted from poor bridge communication and other contributing operational and human factors, the ATSB has found.

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Posted by Dale Crisp

Dale Crisp is a contributing editor at DCN and a distinguished maritime journalist and commentator with a career spanning over three decades

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