MAIB REPORT ON THE FATAL CAPSIZING OF LAURA JANE FISHING VESSEL IS PUBLISHED
At 1311 on 7 May 2018, the single-handed fishing vessel Laura Jane capsized off Mount Batten Breakwater in Plymouth trapping its skipper in the wheelhouse. The vessel remained afloat with a few centimetres of the wheelhouse protruding above the water. Two RNLI lifeboats arrived at the scene within 15 minutes of the capsize and Laura Jane was towed to the nearby Batten Bay beach, arriving at around 1400. The skipper was extracted from the wheelhouse by two of the RNLI crew who broke a wheelhouse window to get access to him. He was immersed in water, was unconscious and not breathing. Attempts to resuscitate him by the lifeboat crew and paramedics from the emergency services were unsuccessful. He was then airlifted to Derriford Hospital, where he was pronounced deceased at 1450.
Safety lessons – The weight of the fishing gear on Laura Jane reduced its freeboard to the extent that water entered the vessel through its freeing ports, causing it to capsize.
– Between 2012 and the vessel’s loss, the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) inspected the vessel a number of times. However, the presence of low level freeing ports on an open boat was not challenged.
– Laura Jane’s owner had not undertaken a stability assessment of the vessel, as recommended in guidance published by the MCA, and had taken the successful outcome of MCA inspections as assurance that the vessel was safe to operate.
– The skipper had not completed the mandatory Safety Awareness and Risk Assessment training course or any stability awareness training.
Recommendations Laura Jane’s owner has been recommended (2019/107) to ensure that crew employed on its vessels possess all mandatory safety training course certificates, and to require its skippers to complete the voluntary Seafish <16.5m skipper’s certificate scheme with a view to enhancing their stability awareness.
They have also be recommended (2019/108) to carry out stability assessments, in accordance with published guidance, of any <12m fishing vessels that it may own.
Read the report in full at
https://bit.ly/2XWT7Sp Read the Annexes in full at
https://bit.ly/2XS9Ztw UK MAIB ISSUES AMENDED GUIDANCE TO MGN 564 ON MARINE INCIDENT REPORTING
The MAIB investigates marine casualties involving UK vessels worldwide and vessels of any flag in UK territorial waters with the aim of preventing further avoidable accidents from recurring in the future. The UK MAIB has published amended guidance on marine incident reporting – what who and when an incident should be notified – with modifications made to MGN 564.
Who must report The master/skipper, or senior surviving officer of a UK ship must notify the MAIB of any marine casualty or marine incident.
The master/skipper of any ship must notify the MAIB of any marine casualty or marine incident if: – the ship is within UK waters and carrying passengers to / from the UK, or – the marine casualty or marine incident occurs within the jurisdiction of a UK harbour master.
The ship’s owner must notify the MAIB of any marine casualty or marine incident, unless s/he is satisfied that the master/skipper or senior surviving officer has made the report.
In addition to the above, the following must notify the MAIB of any marine casualty or marine incident, if it occurs in their area of responsibility: – Harbour authorities, for occurrences in or adjacent to their harbour area; – The person, authority or body having responsibility for an inland waterway; – An official of the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) for all occurrences in UK waters.
Read the amended MGN 564 at
https://bit.ly/2HFbXJQ
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