Safety Flash
Windfarm Support Vessel Njord Forseti hit wind turbine tower – Jersey Maritime Administration
Windfarm Support Vessel Njord Forseti hit wind turbine tower – Jersey Maritime Administration
- IMCA
- Safety Flash
- IMCA SF 30/20
- Competence and TrainingHuman FactorsMarine Operations
- Human factorsRegulation and legislationVessel collision
- Navigation
- Competence and trainingOperating and work procedures
- Marine industryOffshore wind
- Vessel
Summary
This safety flash summarises findings from Njord Forseti’s collision with a turbine tower in the Southern North Sea. The investigation identified distraction, inadequate lookout and ineffective passage monitoring. Recommendations address COLREGS compliance, potential distractions, passage-monitoring training, appropriate wheelhouse manning and crew resource management.
Classifications: Human factors; human performance; ergonomics.
Classifications: Regulation and legislation; safety legislation; regulatory requirements.
Classifications: Vessel collision; ship collision; marine allision.
Classifications: Navigation; vessel navigation; passage planning.
Classifications: Competence and training; competency assurance; safety training.
Classifications: Operating and work procedures.
Classifications: Marine industry; shipping industry; maritime sector.
Classifications: Offshore wind; offshore wind energy.
Classifications: Vessel; aboard ship; onboard vessel.
Summary
The Jersey Maritime Administration has published a report into its investigation of the causes of an allision between a windfarm support vessel and a windfarm tower in the Southern North Sea on 23 April 2020
IMCA SF 30/20. Themes: competence and training, human factors, marine operations.