Hull damaged during Blue Wave Harmony sea trial

The MV Blue Wave Har­mo­ny sus­tained hull dam­age dur­ing a sea tri­al at the Port of Scar­bor­ough on Fri­day.

The ves­sel is in the sea-tri­al phase, which forms part of the process be­fore en­try in­to com­mer­cial ser­vice. Its first sea tri­al took place on Tues­day when the ves­sel sailed from the Port of Port of Spain to the Port of Scar­bor­ough as part of its com­mis­sion­ing pro­gramme.

On Thurs­day, the Blue Wave Har­mo­ny de­part­ed the Port of Port of Spain for a sec­ond sea tri­al to Scar­bor­ough. Dur­ing berthing at the Port of Scar­bor­ough on Fri­day morn­ing, an in­ci­dent oc­curred that re­sult­ed in dam­age to the hull.

At the time of the in­ci­dent, the cap­tain was as­sist­ed by a ma­rine pi­lot, in line with op­er­a­tional prac­tice. On­ly crew mem­bers were on board. There were no re­ports of in­juries.

Fol­low­ing the in­ci­dent, the ves­sel was se­cured along­side a berth at the Port of Scar­bor­ough. Safe­ty pro­to­cols were ac­ti­vat­ed. The ves­sel re­mains sta­ble.

In­for­ma­tion pro­vid­ed in­di­cates that weath­er con­di­tions, in­clud­ing winds, were fac­tors in the in­ci­dent. The cir­cum­stances sur­round­ing the event are un­der as­sess­ment.

Port op­er­a­tions at the Port of Scar­bor­ough con­nect­ed to in­ter-is­land fer­ry sail­ings con­tin­ue as nor­mal.

Fer­ry ser­vices were not af­fect­ed by the in­ci­dent.

Tech­ni­cal teams are car­ry­ing out dam­age as­sess­ments. The as­sess­ments are be­ing con­duct­ed with the ves­sel op­er­a­tor and the rel­e­vant agen­cies.

Fur­ther up­dates are ex­pect­ed once the as­sess­ments are com­plet­ed and a course of ac­tion is de­ter­mined re­gard­ing re­pairs and the con­tin­u­a­tion of the com­mis­sion­ing process.