​On October 14, 2024, about 0412 local time, the crude oil tanker Platanos was undocking from the Martinez Refining Company Wharf Pier, near Martinez, California, in the Carquinez Strait, when the vessel’s port quarter made contact with a concrete dolphin and a fender support panel of the pier. There were no injuries, and no pollution was reported. Damage to the vessel and pier was estimated at $500,229.

​We determined that the probable cause of the contact of the tanker Platanos with the Martinez Refining Company Wharf pier was the pilot transposing the tug positions on his reference card and subsequently issuing orders to each tug that were intended for the other while maneuvering the tanker off a dock.​