CHIRP published its 56th edition of Maritime Feedback focusing on reports concerning seafarers’ fatigue and its impacts. In this report a fisherman had to cut its anchor ropes and fishing lines in light of a fast-approaching drifting tug.
Namely, the fisherman reports to CHIRP that their fishing boat was anchored on a fishing mark; The vessel was equipped with a radio, a ‘radar sounder’ transmitter and was exhibiting a black anchor ball and an anchor light at night, to indicate that l was at...
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