Tag: fatigue

“The cure for burnout is not self-care. It is all of us caring for each other. We can't do it alone. We need each other,” said authors and sisters, Emily and Amelia Nagoski, during a dedicated TED talk, at a time when latest figures show 52% of all workers are feeling burned out globally. 

Additional seafarer shortages caused by the war in Ukraine are worsening what was already a challenging situation according to Charles Watkins, Founder and CEO of Mental Health Support Solutions (MHSS).

Emotional exhaustion is a state of feeling emotionally worn-out and drained due to stress from your personal or work lives, or a combination.

Between 1 May and 17 June 2022, AMSA conducted a focused inspection campaign on hours of work and rest. The results of the campaign were positive and showed general compliance with the work and rest requirements. Most of the inspections conducted during this period, resulted in no hours of work and rest related deficiencies.

Investigations into human element incidents identified fatigue to be a major contributing factor to maritime accidents. In fact, human error because of fatigue has long been regarded as contributing to the majority of incidents in the shipping sector.

In its latest series of the Good Catch, the American Club informs of a towing that grounded, with fatigue cited as a contributing factor.

The World Maritime University is seeking to find out seafarers’ views on hours of work/rest, workload, and ship manning in a new survey.

As we progress through the year, the shipping industry faces a particularly complex landscape. The ongoing effects of the pandemic, recent outbreaks of monkeypox, and geopolitical conflict continue to affect crew change and crewing recruitment, even as the industry prioritises lower emissions and cleaner technologies.

According to Seafarers Hospital Society CEO Sandra Welch, there are far too many accidents where fatigue is cited as a contributing cause.

Seafarers work in a heavily regulated industry, facing a workload that is physically and mentally challenging. The good news is that there is plenty that can be done to help combat stress and promote healthy, restorative sleep.