A V.Ships-managed bulker grounded twice in two days off the UAE due to two pilots' lack of local experience, an accident report has founded.
The UK-flagged, 53,000-dwt Ocean Prefect (built 2003), owned by Lomar Shipping, suffered two accidents while approaching the port of Ahmed Bin Rashid in Umm Al Qaywayn on 10 and 11 June last year, the UK's Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) said.
