In the UK a container ship carrying (among other things) 2 containers of sodium cyanide has t-boned a ship doing on charter to the US navy carrying wait for it.... Jet fuel. It went boom. Not good.

Probably on autopilot and deck officer looking at social media or other, ehem, sites....

When I was a port engineer in Singapore I collected stories from the captains and crew.
Driving a tug with a train of fuel barges up the Mekong River, a rocket propelled grenade entered the open door on the port side. bounced off the mess table and exited the open door on the starboard side.


Relevant to this recent collision.
The first officer on a North Sea oilrig supply vessel had a good look around, checked the radar and went one deck below the bridge to make a coffee. As he walked up the stairway with a coffee in his hand he looked across to see another supply vessel 15 yards away on the opposite course. On that vessel a bloke was walking up the stairs with a coffee in his hand.

What was at fault here?

Both watch officers!
Human error strikes again.

Skipper is a Russian! Great conspiracy fodder for social media.

Hope he likes porridge.

A bit more detail.