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Fog Collision in Busy Shipping Lane: How Two Bulk Carriers Missed

CLAVE 1 / 47.6 knots – Speed of Vessel A when the collision occurred in dense fog with 350m visibility.

CLAVE 2 / 4Vessel B was overtaking at 11.8 knots without emitting an AIS signal, making it nearly invisible to radar.

CLAVE 3 / 4Neither vessel sounded the required fog signal—one long blast every two minutes—despite restricted visibility.

CLAVE 4 / 4Vessel Traffic Services (VTS) suspended traffic but failed to detect the untracked vessel, leading to significant damage.

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