UK crew union Nautilus International has raised concerns about car carriers’ safety after the deliberate grounding of the Hoegh Osaka near the port of Southampton.
Allan Graveson, senior national secretary of the union, told BBC TV: “In reality these vessels – both vehicle and livestock carriers – are built to the edge of safety for commercial reasons.
“Their design has gone beyond what is reasonable and these ships need a lot of careful management.”
The 2000-built carrier developed a heavy list soon after leaving the port of Southampton on Saturday night. In order to avoid the ship capsizing, it was deliberately grounded.
Graveson said: “By running the ship onto the sandbank, the captain’s quick thinking and professionalism had helped to avert loss of life, environmental damage and potentially catastrophic blockage of a major UK port.”
Salvage experts from Svitzer have boarded the 51,770-gt ship in order to assess the situation and decide the best way to refloat it.
Graveson said: “We hope the investigation will examine the root causes of this incident.
“There is manifest failure of the regulator that permits the design and operation of ships in this way.”

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Up to 3000 tons of water is estimated to be on the vessel. Work will start today, when the weather improves, to pump this water off. An oily film has formed on top of this water from the hydraulics of the vehicles on board. The salvors will use a technique that draws the water from the bottom of the vessel to avoid this oily film. The removal of this water should reduce the vessel’s list.

​Before the vessel can be moved back to the Port of Southampton salvage work needs to be completed which will take between five and seven days. This work includes a hull inspection by divers, the removal of the water that entered the ship through the now-repaired crack, and ballasting operations to reduce the list.