V1 OPERATOR WAS PREPARING TO DOCK AT GATORS ON THE PASS, LOCATED IN JOHNS PASS. UPON PREPARING TO DOCK AT THE EASTERN END OF GATORS DOCK, THE OPERATOR WAS FLAGGED DOWN BY THE DOCK MASTER AND WAVED THE OPERATOR TO THE WESTERN END OF THE DOCK WHICH IS IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO THE ELEVATOR PLATFORM LOCATED ON THE SOUTHEAST SIDE OF JOHNS PASS BRIDGE. THE OPERATOR PROCEEDED TO THE WESTERN END OF THE DOCKS AND WAS PREPARING TO DOCK WHENV1 WAS SUBSEQUENTLY CAUGHT IN A STRONG OUTGOING TIDE CAUSING THE VESSEL TO COLLIDE WITH THE EAST SIDE OF THE ELEVATOR PLATFORM.
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