Safety Alert
Watertight doors and hatches kept open at sea
Watertight doors and hatches kept open at sea
- NOPSEMA
- Safety Alert
- A208750
- Marine OperationsStructural and Asset IntegrityVessel and Mooring
- Loss of vessel stabilityRegulation and legislationVessel flooding and foundering
- Marine operations
- Flood containment and watertight integritySafety-case assuranceSafety communication
- Marine industry
- Vessel
Summary
NOPSEMA reports inspection findings of watertight doors and hatches left open on vessels operating as offshore facilities. The alert explains the implications for watertight integrity and intact and damage stability, clarifies what constitutes being at sea, and reminds operators of compliance, safety-case commitments and personnel responsibilities.
Classifications: Loss of vessel stability; capsize; vessel stability.
Classifications: Regulation and legislation; safety legislation; regulatory requirements.
Classifications: Vessel flooding and foundering; water ingress.
Classifications: Marine operations; maritime operations.
Classifications: Flood containment and watertight integrity.
Classifications: Safety-case assurance.
Classifications: Safety communication; toolbox talk; toolbox talks.
Classifications: Marine industry; shipping industry; maritime sector.
Classifications: Vessel; aboard ship; onboard vessel.
Summary
Safety alert explaining how open watertight doors and hatches can compromise vessel stability and watertight integrity.
A208750. Themes: marine operations, structural and asset integrity, vessel and mooring.