New report raises concerns over fatigue of Panama Canal tugboat Captains

The ITF issued a report investigating the relationship between captains’ fatigue and the operational safety of the Panama Canal, and the relationship between fatigue and the captains’ physical and mental health, after the Panama Canal’s decision to reduce the number of tugboat crew this year. Fifty-five captains, over a third of active captains in the Panama Canal, were interviewed for the study.

To remind, tugboat Captains refused to perform their operations in the Canal in early 2018 to...

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