The UK’s Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) said manager Kyokuyo of Japan had “an inadequate safety culture” in a report into the incident on the 404,053-cbf Nagato Reefer (built 2000) on 9 April 2014 in Southampton.

And the site of the accident had been interfered with by the crew before MAIB investigators attended the scene, it added.

A seafarer was hurt when a lifeboat fell from its davit while being secured, following an abandon-ship drill.

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