![]() ![]() The ATSB found the crew’s ability to check the amended route was limited as their training was not effective in preparing them for the operational use of their on board ECDIS. The vessel continued on the amended route and grounded on Henry Reef just after midnight. The ship’s ECDIS identified the reef as a danger to the planned route, however, the crew did not identify the danger either visually or by using ECDIS. While planning the passage from Saibai Island to Lizard Island, ABFC Roebuck Bay’s previously used passage plan was amended, with its route inadvertently plotted over Henry Reef. There were no reported injuries or oil pollution. The cutter sustained substantial damage to the keel, stabilizer fins and propellers, with hull breaches near the storage void and tank compartment spaces. The cutter was on a passage from Saibai Island in the Torres Strait Islands archipelago bound for Lizard Island, located about 71 nautical miles south-east of Cape Melville. On September 30, 2017, shortly after midnight, the ABFC Roebuck Bay grounded on Henry Reef in the Great Barrier Reef, Queensland. The newly-released Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) investigation of the grounding of the Australian Border Force Cutter (ABFC) Roebuck Bay on Henry Reef has revealed underlying safety issues with the effectiveness of ECDIS type-specific training, ECDIS software updates and the use of a single point feature to represent relatively large physical features on electronic navigational charts.
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