The Federal Bureau of Maritime Casualty Investigation (BSU) publishes the following Safety Alert according to § 29 of the Seesicherheits-Untersuchungs-Gesetz (SUG) in the version of the 1st of December 2011.

The BSU investigates an accident regarding a container vessel, which led to a collision of the ship with the pier on the 11th of April 2012 in the harbour of Freeport / Bahamas due to a technical defect in the avionics of the ship electronic system.
Although the investigation is not yet closed, at the present state of knowledge the BSU assumes, that the described technical defect was cocausally for the collision.