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Accidents

Cricket No. 1 (2008)

Cricket No. 1 girded and nearly capsized while manoeuvring a barge in the Taku River, British Columbia.

Classification

  • Incident Type: Near capsize
  • Severity: Medium
  • Primary evidence: Transportation Safety Board of Canada occurrence annex

Vessel Details

FieldValue
Vessel NameCricket No. 1
Vessel TypeTug
Flag State
IMO Number
Gross Tonnage
LOA (m)

Incident Details

FieldValue
Date2008-07-02
LocationTaku River, British Columbia
RegionCanada
Coordinates58.6419, -133.5202
Fatalities
Injuries
Missing
Direct damage

Key facts

  • The occurrence took place on 2 July 2008.
  • Cricket No. 1 was manoeuvring a barge in the Taku River.
  • The TSB occurrence description states that the tug girded and nearly capsized.

Narrative

The Transportation Safety Board of Canada lists Cricket No. 1 as a tug occurrence on 2 July 2008 in the Taku River, British Columbia. The occurrence description states that the tug girded and nearly capsized while manoeuvring a barge. The available TSB material is an occurrence-level annex entry rather than a dedicated investigation report for this event. It does not describe the manoeuvre in further detail, identify the tow, state whether anyone was injured, or quantify damage or pollution. Those consequences remain unreported in the material used for this page.

Sequence of events

Date/timeEvent
2008-07-02Cricket No. 1 girded and nearly capsized while manoeuvring a barge in the Taku River.

Investigation

The TSB occurrence appears in Appendix B of report M18P0230, which uses historical tug-girding occurrences as background for a broader safety investigation. The available appendix entry does not provide case-specific causal findings or a separate investigation report for Cricket No. 1.

References

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