Fatigue Risk Management: A Maritime Framework
Abstract
:1. Introduction
1.1. Background
1.2. Fatigue and Shipping Accidents
1.3. Fatigue Management and the Seafarer
2. Development of Fatigue Risk Management for Shipping
2.1. Current Approach to Fatigue Management at Sea
2.2. Proposed Maritime Fatigue Management Framework
- it should be risk based;
- it should consider ship design, company and operational aspects;
- it should consider the impact of fatigue at all levels; and
- the outcome should provide practical tools for fatigue management (suggested tools that can be easily applied in managing the risks of fatigue in practice).
- The first layer requires effective company support and commitment for managing and controlling the risks of fatigue;
- The second layer requires that seafarers are provided with adequate opportunity for sleep. This ensures that both duration and quality of sleep are considered.
- C.
- The third layer ensures that any issues affecting seafarers’ duration and quality of sleep, even though adequate opportunities for sleep have been provided, are being effectively captured. This entails monitoring and assessing sleep obtained and provides for the implementation of risk mitigation controls when issues are identified;
- D.
- The fourth layer ensures that seafarers obtain what is considered, on average, sufficient sleep and are able to maintain adequate alertness and performance while performing their duties. This entails monitoring and assessing levels of fatigue and fitness for duty;
- E.
- The fifth layer ensures that formal processes are in place for identifying and assessing fatigue related events or incidents. This layer relies on having an effective safety reporting culture (i.e., just culture).
2.3. Integrating within Shipboard Safety Management Systems
3. Discussion
Application in Practice
4. Summary and Conclusions
Conflicts of Interest
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