Among a plethora of breaches, Noble House Seafoods did not treat the initial call informing it of the vessel taking in water as an emergency. This revelation was made by the Ministry of Public Work’s Board of Inquiry (BoI) report which was presented last Friday to Minister Juan Edghill.
The company’s unpreparedness to respond to emergencies and the absence of proper training in emergency procedures significantly contributed to the events of February 19, which led to the disappearance of the captain and two crew members along with their vessel.
The team assigned to investigate the events that led to the disappearance of the men and vessel concluded that “the company’s lack of collective emergency preparedness contributed in large measure to the late response by the search and rescue agencies.”
