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An investigation by the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) revealed that although the ship only had a crew of seven, the watchkeeper was alone on the bridge. as the Captain had instructed that the seaman were to be used as day workers and not stand a watch. It also showed that about three months before the incident, during a Port state Control at Moerdijk, Netherlands on the 2nd November 2006, the vessel was warned that a lookout as required by the STCW Code was required during the hours of darkness.