On 11/24/2011, the vessel MAERSK DETECTOR (Official Number 828347) was involved in a striking - allision with a fixed object (striking - includes berthed/docked vessels) in WHITE ROSE FIELD, NL, NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR (NL).

The vessel, with 15 persons on board, experienced the incident while engaged in regular operations. Fortunately, the ship was able to continue its voyage. No injuries or fatalities were reported, and there was none pollution.

This incident was officially recorded by Transport Canada on 3/6/2012 1. Weather at the time was reported as overcast with winds from the SSW at 20.00 knots.

On the afternoon of 24 November 2011, the offshore supply vessel Maersk Detector was using dynamic positioning while loading cargo from the mobile offshore drilling unit GSF Grand Banks in the White Rose oil field. Weather was deteriorating at the time, with increasing swells arriving from the south. The vessel did not maintain position and, at 1530:39 Newfoundland and Labrador Standard Time, the port stern of the Maersk Detector struck the port aft intermediate column of the GSF Grand Banks, holing both the vessel and the rig. No injuries or pollution resulted from this occurrence.