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To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 5 February 2023 to Question 135415 on Offshore Industry: Missing Persons, whether representatives from Liberia have travelled to the UK to investigate Valaris 121; and what other steps the Liberian authorities have taken.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 5 February 2023 to Question 135415 on Offshore Industry: Missing Persons, whether representatives from Liberia have travelled to the UK to investigate Valaris 121; and what other steps the Liberian authorities have taken.
A representative from the Liberian registry investigation team visited Valaris 121 on 14 February 2023. Requests were also made for documentation and information to be provided by the vessel and operating company, and the Liberian investigation is progressing.
As a substantially interested state, the UK will continue to receive periodic updates on the investigation and will have sight of the Liberian draft report once it has been prepared.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which agency is investigating the worker missing from the Valeris 121 rig.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which agency is investigating the worker missing from the Valeris 121 rig.
On 26 January 2023, the Liberian Registry notified the Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) that at about 1900 hours on 22 January a UK national had been discovered as missing from the Liberian flagged Mobile Offshore Drilling Unit Valaris 121 while 98 miles east of Aberdeen. Valaris 121 was under tow at the time, so this constitutes a marine accident in accordance with the International Maritime Organisation’s Casualty Investigation Code. As the accident occurred outside UK territorial waters, the Liberian Registry has commenced a marine safety investigation as the Flag State for Valaris 121 in accordance with Casualty Investigation Code. The MAIB has registered the UK as a Substantially Interested State in the Liberian investigation and has offered support.