Chinese Tanker on the GBR: Part 4 - Explained

gCaptain has the full story here. Essentially, there were a series of missteps and safety overlooks which include fatigue, inexperience, and using the wrong chart.

The Australian Government's Safety Transport Bureau offers its preliminary investigative report here.

Chinese Tanker Crashes into Great Barrier Reef (GBR)

The title pretty much says it all. Apparently where the tanker crashed was closed off to shipping. Thanks to gCaptain for bringing this to my attention.

The Bloomberg story is here.

The NY Times story is here.

Below is Australian news coverage of the event and some AP raw footage: