Safety Alert
Risk of collision with offshore installations from attendant vessels
Risk of collision with offshore installations from attendant vessels
- HSE
- Safety Alert
- ED01-2025
- Marine OperationsVessel and Mooring
- Human factorsLoss of station keepingRegulation and legislationVessel collision
- Cargo transferDynamic positioningNavigation
- Emergency response and rescue vesselNavigation and positioning equipment
- Alarm managementCompetence and trainingOperating and work proceduresSafety communication
- Marine industryOffshore windUpstream oil and gas
- Offshore installationVessel
Summary
HSE safety notice examines five vessel collisions involving offshore installations and wind turbines. Cases highlight distracted watchkeeping, lost situational awareness, environmental conditions and poor bridge communication. Recommended reviews cover watchkeeping instructions, bridge resource management, navigational alarms and vessel monitoring, with consideration of sailing audits to identify operational bad practice.
Classifications: Human factors; human performance; ergonomics.
Classifications: Loss of station keeping; drive-off; drift-off.
Classifications: Regulation and legislation; safety legislation; regulatory requirements.
Classifications: Vessel collision; ship collision; marine allision.
Classifications: Cargo transfer; cargo handling.
Classifications: Dynamic positioning; DP; DP operations.
Classifications: Navigation; vessel navigation; passage planning.
Classifications: Emergency response and rescue vessel; ERRV; standby vessel.
Classifications: Navigation and positioning equipment; ECDIS; AIS; chart plotters.
Classifications: Alarm management.
Classifications: Competence and training; competency assurance; safety training.
Classifications: Operating and work procedures.
Classifications: Safety communication; toolbox talk; toolbox talks.
Classifications: Marine industry; shipping industry; maritime sector.
Classifications: Offshore wind; offshore wind energy.
Classifications: Upstream oil and gas; oil and gas extraction; upstream petroleum.
Classifications: Offshore installation; offshore platform; offshore rig.
Classifications: Vessel; aboard ship; onboard vessel.
ED01-2025. Themes: marine operations, vessel and mooring.