THE OWNERS OF THE "X-PRESS MAHANADA" V THE OWNERS OF THE "BURGAN"

[2025] EWHC 721 (Admlty), King's Bench Division, Admiralty Court, Mrs Justice Cockerill DBE, Captain Stephen Gobbi, Commodore Robert Dorey, Elder Brethren of Trinity House, as Nautical Assessors, 26 March 2025

Admiralty – Collision – Head on collision in river bend – Lookout – Speed Fault – Apportionment – Collision Regulations Rules 5, 9

On 14 June 2019, the vessels X-Press Mahanada (XPM) and Burgan collided head on in a bend on the Karnaphuli River in the approaches to Chattogram.