Speaking at SAFETY4SEA Forum in Athens, David Nichol, Senior Loss Prevention Executive, UK P&I Club, provided a brief overview of the challenges facing seafarers as well as common failures arising from mooring accident investigations. Mooring-related incidents, noted Mr. Nichol, often cause injuries and deaths of seafarers and shore personnel, as well as collisions and property damage.
When I began my career at sea, I remember being struck by how old fashioned and anachronistic it seemed that...