Macalipay, John Carlo B.

BSMT-IIIA1-MERCATOR

Management 1

Week 4 Questionnaires

1. Give at least 5 causes of unintentional grounding.

 Darkness

 Tide

 Visibility

 Waves

 Wind

2. How do you define collision?

 Collision is a structural impact that occurs between two vessels

and may result in severe damages, pollution or even loss of
human lives. Collision can also be defined as the change in
structural properties of a ship as a result of an impact with a solid
structure.

3. Differentiate collision and allision.

 A collision is when two vessels strike each other, while an allision occurs
when a vessel strikes a stationary object, such as a bridge or dock.

4. Give at least 5 causes of most ship collision.

 lack of communication between vessels,

 incompetence,

 poor knowledge,

 restricted visibility

 bad weather conditions

 failures of critical system for vessels’ navigation.