Tag: fatigue

The majority of people experience two to three observable wake-ups per night. However, what happens when we wake up and just can’t get back to sleep again?

Research shows that sleep affects almost every part of the human body, consequently having a great impact on mood, concentration and learning, metabolism, the immune system and more.

AMSA provides lessons learned from an incident where a fishing vessel ran aground on a reef between Bundaberg and Torres Strait. The master was fatigued, having had little sleep given the watchkeeping schedule and the competency levels of the two deckhands. 

“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.