The collision formed a 12 by 17 foot hole below the water line opening the berthing compartment to the ocean. Ocean water poured into the compartment where 35 sailors were sleeping. There was no warning sounded for the collision and the compartment was flooded in an estimated 60 seconds. The sailors had to climb a ladder through a 2 foot diameter scuttle hatch to the compartment above. In the chaos seven sailors were not able to make it to the ladder and became trapped as water filled the compartment. This incident was the result of watch standers not doing their job correctly. They failed to notice the cargo ship until it was minutes away from colliding. Even then due to their lack of communication they did not sound the alarm that they were about to collide with another ship. The collision could have been avoided if the watch standers were following the basic guidelines for standing watch. The damage to the ship was so extensive that it had to be transported to the United States for repairs. The ship was transported via a heavy lift ship to the United States for repairs. The repairs to the ship were estimated to cost more than half a billion