Ineffective coordination and monitoring by the crew and harbour pilots on board a container ship that smashed into WA’s beloved Leeuwin II has been found to have contributed to the catastrophic collision.

The Leeuwin II was destroyed and its crew forced to jump to safety when it was hit by container ship the Maersk Shekou as it entered the Port of Fremantle under heavy squall conditions on August 30 last year.

The ship returned to the water late last month after more than a year of repairs.

An investigation by the Australian Transport Safety Bureau, which analysed audio from the ship’s bridge, showed the “primary pilot did not provide the helmsman with a planned port 10° helm order to turn into the inner harbour, which went undetected by the rest of the bridge team”.

“This meant that a

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