I don’t think ships have any collision avoidance systems, like aircrafts do.
And I don’t think ships are actively monitored and instructed, like aircrafts are.
Seems hard to believe that a ship travelling at 16 knots was unable to avoid a stationary ship.
However, further down the BBC post, there is an image of all the ships in the area at the time of the collision.
If it’s busy, I’d imagine the crew were alert. Equally, they might have been concentrating on something else.
They had also just left port, so perhaps there was a change of shift/watch.
I don’t think ships have any collision avoidance systems, like aircrafts do.
And I don’t think ships are actively monitored and instructed, like aircrafts are.
Seems hard to believe that a ship travelling at 16 knots was unable to avoid a stationary ship.
However, further down the BBC post, there is an image of all the ships in the area at the time of the collision.
If it’s busy, I’d imagine the crew were alert. Equally, they might have been concentrating on something else.
They had also just left port, so perhaps there was a change of shift/watch.
There are a lot of laws regarding maritime navigation to avoid collision.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Regulations_for_Preventing_Collisions_at_Sea
Perhaps the cargo ship did not realise the tanker was anchored, and assumed they would move out of the way.
Ultimately, everything is too recent to be able to understand what happened.
Edit:
Link to the post with the image of traffic at the time:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cgq1pwjlqq2t?post=asset%3A6555b096-7f65-4270-9768-53eaae9531b4#post