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Lessons learned: Demanding work strains mental health

CHIRP Maritime draws lessons learned from a case involving severe fatigue and mental health breakdown in a chief officer aboard a coastal LPG vessel.  This report was first issued in August 2021 and reissued in June 2025. The reporter informed CHIRP of serious mental health issues due to fatigue and high levels of stress concerning a chief officer who was working on an LPG  vessel. The vessel was trading on a coastal voyage route with very short distances between ports. The contract time for the chief officer was 3 months but the chief  officer had worked an additional 4 months while awaiting a relief. A deck officer had been repatriated on medical and disciplinary grounds, leaving the chief officer with only two other deck officers. The reporter stated that cargo operations were extremely demanding due to the short port times and fast loading and unloading operations. The port rotations,  and the grades and quantities of cargo, were never known until the last moment which made planning uncertain and stressful. Crew numbers were insufficient (the chief officer frequently had to take the helm due to the lack of crew), there was a lack of personal protective equipment and consumable stores on ...

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