WASHINGTON (Aug. 23, 2022) — NTSB released Tuesday Marine Investigation Report 22/18 detailing its investigation of the Jan. 7, 2021, striking of oil and gas production platform SP-83A by the dry bulk carrier Ocean Princess in the Gulf of Mexico. Navigation aids used by the Ocean Princess bridge team, with the location of platform SP-83A shown, annotated by NTSB with a yellow circle (images are at different scales). A photo of the British Admiralty chart 3857 (left) and ECDIS screenshot from the Ocean Princess fed by NOAA ENCs (right), which were up to date at the time of the casualty. The Bri


WASHINGTON (Aug. 23, 2022) — NTSB released Tuesday Marine Investigation Report 22/18 detailing its investigation of the Jan. 7, 2021, striking of oil and gas production platform SP-83A by the dry bulk carrier Ocean Princess in the Gulf of Mexico. Navigation aids used by the Ocean Princess bridge team, with the location of platform SP-83A shown, annotated by NTSB with a yellow circle (images are at different scales). A photo of the British Admiralty chart 3857 (left) and ECDIS screenshot from the Ocean Princess fed by NOAA ENCs (right), which were up to date at the time of the casualty. The British Admiralty chart shows SP-83A while the ECDIS image does not. Marine Investigation Report 22/18 is available at


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