Since 2020, 9.5% of all marine incidents reported shortfalls in the operation of the vessel.
Since 2020, vessel control and navigation issues accounted for 28.3% (306) of all Operational related incidents. This is followed by cargo handling issues resulting in 26.1% (283) and maintenance resulting in 19.5% (211) of Operational related incidents (Figure 30).
In 2022, cargo handling and stores (80) for the first time surpassed vessel control and navigational (78) issues.
Figure 30 Number of incidents in top 5 Operational occurrence types, FF and RAV (2020-2022)
Figure 31 shows the most frequent issues associated with the operational occurrences for 2022. 42.5% (34) of the cargo handling incidents occurred during loading and unloading. 44.9% (35) of vessel control and navigation incidents occurred during berthing and unberthing and mooring operations and 58.9% (33) of operational access incidents occurred while climbing or descending ladders or stairs.
Figure 31 Top 11 issues associated with Operational occurrence types, FF and RAV (2022)