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Lessons Learned

  • Personal accidents on trawlers – lessons learned

    Despite an increased focus on safety and a general decline in the number of personal accidents in the fishing fleet, the Norwegian Maritime Authority (NMA) has noticed that serious personal accidents still happen in the trawler fleet.

  • Accidents involving smaller fishing vessels – lessons learned

    Occasionally, accidents caused by «falling asleep on duty» are reported to the Norwegian Maritime Authority. There can be various underlying causes of falling asleep on duty, such as long shifts, too little rest during off-duty periods, poor indoor air quality on the bridge, monotonous or demanding work tasks, etc.

  • Sources of fire on fishing vessels – lessons learned

    The Norwegian Maritime Authority regularly receives reports on fires on fishing vessels, both on vessels in operation and vessels at berth.

  • Cargo-handling appliances used for lifting people

    The Norwegian Maritime Authority (NMA) has received a note of concern regarding adverse work practices on some self-loading vessels. Excavators are used to lift personnel from deck to shore and from deck to cargo hold and vice versa. Excavators are also used to lift bobcat machines from the ship to the quay and vice versa with personnel sitting in the bobcat machine's operator's cabin.

  • Fall over bord – lessons learned

    Sadly, incidents where crew members fall overboard from fishing vessels are common, as is seen from the accident statistics.

  • Fell through open hatch – lessons learned

    The Norwegian Maritime Authority (NMA) regularly shares incidents where there is something useful to learn. This incident is about a captain who fell through an open hatch on the bridge.

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