Investigation Report
Person overboard during mooring operation on general cargo vessel Sea Melody with loss of 1 life
Person overboard during mooring operation on general cargo vessel Sea Melody with loss of 1 life
- MAIB
- Investigation Report
- Evacuation, Escape and RescueMarine OperationsVessel and Mooring
- DrowningHuman factorsLine of fire
- Mooring operations
- Mooring lines
- Emergency responseOperating and work proceduresOperational supervisionSafety communication
- Marine industry
- Port and quaysideVessel
Summary
This investigation examines the loss of a crewman pulled overboard by a mooring headline while Sea Melody shifted berths at Groveport. It analyses ineffective briefings, ship–shore communication failures, absent dedicated supervision and difficult wind and tidal conditions, alongside the rescue response and subsequent actions.
Classifications: Drowning; man overboard; person overboard.
Classifications: Human factors; human performance; ergonomics.
Classifications: Line of fire; struck-by hazards.
Classifications: Mooring operations; berthing; unmooring.
Classifications: Mooring lines; mooring rope; mooring wire.
Classifications: Emergency response; emergency preparedness.
Classifications: Operating and work procedures.
Classifications: Operational supervision.
Classifications: Safety communication; toolbox talk; toolbox talks.
Classifications: Marine industry; shipping industry; maritime sector.
Classifications: Port and quayside; quayside; harbour; harbor.
Classifications: Vessel; aboard ship; onboard vessel.
Summary
An investigation into a fatal person-overboard event during a vessel mooring operation.
Themes: evacuation, escape and rescue, marine operations, vessel and mooring.