P&I club launches study into claims ferry digest
The Shipowners’ Club – which specialises in the provision of P&I insurance cover for smaller vessels – is to publish a study into the primary causes of claims on passenger ferries to help operators reduce such incidents. Based on two years of analysing claims on vessels including passenger, car, high speed ferries and excursion vessels, the club is planning to publish its findings later this year in the hope of educating both its members and the industry about reasons behind notified claims. In its initial review, Shipowners
found that out of 626 incidents in two years, 412 were caused by personal injury, which was the most significant factor behind claims, while navigation occurrences (for example collisions) came in next, with 128 caused by that. The main personal injury claims were caused by slips, trips and falls, mainly concerning wet decks, gangways, internal passageways and wet stairs (see accompanying chart). Other personal injuries were
structural and equipment-related, for example passengers colliding with unmarked obtruding parts of a ship’s structure. Manoeuvring incidents include a vessel hitting the quay with greater force than usual when coming alongside. “While what we have seen is no
surprise, by having these figures and being able to delve deeper into reasons behind claims, we can look at loss prevention advice
Contract close to being inked as Scandlines approaches shipyards
Scandlines has said that it plans to invest in two new ferries for its Gedser- Rostock crossing in order to strengthen its central European traffic corridor. This comes on the back of the announcement that the ferry operator cancelled its contract at the end of 2012
Cotunav’s new ferry Tanit – said to be the first ferry in the word to meet the new Safe Return to Port Standards (SRTP) – has started operating between Tunisia, Marseilles and Genoa. Class society Bureau Veritas (BV)
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and activity to help our members prevent such incidents,” Louise Hall, The Shipowners’ Club loss prevention manager said. “We will implement initiatives to educate our members and their crew, concentrating on the importance of risk assessment and good crew training.” She added “this analysis will
give operators insight, help them learn from others and target their resources into the areas of operation that we have seen causing the most claims.” Some of the recommendations that the P&I club is giving ferry operators off the back of the findings include: involving all the crew in risk assessment to ‘create ownership’, marking restricted areas appropriately, tailoring announcements to highlight concerns, such as “do not leave the
vessel until the gangway is rigged” and to create action plans and discuss experience regarding noted deficiencies. Other suggestions include the possibility for fleet captains to review each other’s vessels to give different perspectives. The importance of crew safety training is highlighted, with The Shipowners’ Club stressing that it must be kept up to date and logged. Ms Hall singled out how
the study was important as it concentrated on the smaller vessel sector, whereas many reports into claims focus on larger passenger vessels, such as cruise ships. The Shipowners’ Club only
covers vessels with a maximum tonnage of 10,000gt. Some 34,000 vessels globally are insured by the club.
CLAIMS ON PASSENGER VESSELS BY PRIMARY CLAIM TYPE AND CAUSE 20/02/11 TO 20/02/13
350 300 250 200 150 100 50 0
shore based management rejected personal illness other insufficient training inadequate procedures inadequate maintenance human factor act of god
3rd party negligence/ uncontrollable
cargo miscellaneous navigation personal injury pollution
The main reason for claims is personal injury (Source: The Shipowners’ Club) primary claim type
with German shipyard P+S Werften for two ropax newbuildings due to technical problems. The major one was that they were too heavy to be put into service on the Gedser-Rostock route. The two 169m ferries were due to be introduced on the route this summer but have now been put up for sale by the shipyard.
Scandlines said that design Bureau Veritas aids first ferry to meet SRTP standards
played an important role in assisting Tunisian operator Cotunav and Korean shipbuilder DSME to develop a new design to meet the SRTP requirements. The vessel was designed to all SOLAS 2006 Amendments, which includes the
requirements and specifications had recently been sent to a small number of shipyards and that by the end of May it expected to sign a contract for two double-ended ferries for delivery in time for the 2015 peak season. It added in a statement: “The ferries must be high capacity, environmentally friendly and give customers a unique on-board experience.”
SRTP requirements. BV set up a taskforce dedicated to the
project at its head office, which covered all technical specialities and which worked with the SRTP team at DSME. DSME developed new documents
required by the IMO MSC.1/Circ.1369, ››› Passenger Ship Technology I 2nd Quarter 2013 I 7
number of incidents
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