The preventable death of a seafarer is a reminder to the Australian Government to implement a nationally consistent standard operating procedure for crew changes on trading vessels.
The man passed away after falling off a ladder on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast. The ladder was primarily used for transferring seafarers between a small vessel, and the Formosabulk Cement, a Liberian-flagged bulk carrier.
The incident took place about five nautical miles off Mooloolaba. Since it has happened in...