The report also highlights: deficiencies in the ergonomics of the bridge design; poor situational awareness on the part of the mate; the risk of ‘routinisation’ of the passage occurring; and that neither the master nor the mate had ensured that a helmsman was standing by to take over the manual steering immediately as required by the local navigation by laws.
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