Safety Flash
Small workboats used on offshore wind farms: Combined report on Windcat 9 and Island Panther incidents
Small workboats used on offshore wind farms: Combined report on Windcat 9 and Island Panther incidents
- IMCA
- Safety Flash
- IMCA SF 17/13
- Competence and TrainingLeadership and CultureLearning from IncidentsMarine Operations
- Leadership and safety cultureVessel collision
- Navigation
- Navigation and positioning equipment
- Competence and trainingOperating and work procedures
- Offshore wind
Summary
This safety flash summarises a combined MAIB report on Windcat 9 contacting a floating target and Island Panther contacting a wind turbine tower. It highlights crew recruitment, training and assessment, rigorous watch-keeping, limitations of paper-chart navigation for high-speed transfer vessels, and calls for industry guidance and shared safety learning.
Classifications: Leadership and safety culture; safety culture; safety leadership.
Classifications: Vessel collision; ship collision; marine allision.
Classifications: Navigation; vessel navigation; passage planning.
Classifications: Navigation and positioning equipment; ECDIS; AIS; chart plotters.
Classifications: Competence and training; competency assurance; safety training.
Classifications: Operating and work procedures.
Classifications: Offshore wind; offshore wind energy.
Summary
The UK Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) has published a combined report on two incidents involving small workboats in the offshore renewables sector.
IMCA SF 17/13. Themes: competence and training, leadership and culture, learning from incidents, marine operations.