船舶管理人员和海事专业人员联手解决海员和岸上工作人员在船上封闭空间内持续死亡的问题。

InterManager是船舶管理行业的国际贸易协会，它与航海研究所和IMarEST合作，以获取有关船舶封闭空间工人所面临风险的最新信息。他们共同发起了一项全行业调查，旨在整理船舶工作人员的反馈，以更深入地研究问题所在，并更好地了解需要哪些解决方案。

这项详细的在线调查可以匿名完成，要求海员确定进入封闭空间的哪些方面对他们构成风险，并询问他们如何参与安全程序。

InterManager秘书长Kuba Szymanski船长表示：“InterManager在2018年进行了一项广泛的调查，我们询问海员为什么仍会犯下致命的错误。从5000多份回复中，我们能够更多地了解这个问题，从那时起，我们与行业合作伙伴不懈努力，试图找到有效的方法来挽救更多的生命。”

他继续说：“自1998年以来，InterManager一直代表整个航运业整理统计数据，并与合作伙伴和国际海事组织分享这些数据。可悲的是，从这些信息中我们可以看到，尽管有许多行业干预措施，但船上的封闭空间内仍有工人死亡。现在我们正在进行一项更深入的调查，这将有助于我们更好地了解情况，并使我们能够与行业同事合作，解决这一不可接受的情况。”

自1998年InterManager开始编制统计数据以来，每年发生的封闭空间事故数量并没有显著减少。

在2022年和2023年，记录了14起封闭空间事件。然而，2023年的实际伤亡人数明显增加：2023年有34人伤亡，而2022年为18人，伤亡率几乎翻了一番。

2024年的初步数据显示，11起记录在案的事故导致8名海员和6名承包商死亡，尽管事故报告速度非常缓慢。例如，InterManager指出，今年2月（2025年）向IMO事故调查模块报告的一起事故实际上发生在2015年！

InterManager分析整理的统计数据后认为，大多数封闭空间事故涉及高级船员或装卸工人，而发生在散货船（41%）和油轮（23%）上的事故比例最高。发生危及生命事件或死亡的最常见地点是货舱和货舱通道区（51%），货油舱也存在重大风险（18%）。

Kuba Szymanski评论道：“多年来，我们一直在讨论最高级别的封闭空间安全问题，然而，尽管航运业制定了大量的规则、程序、指导方针、***等，人们仍然在船上的这些密闭空间中死亡。请就需要做什么发表意见。”

InterManager鼓励海事同事参与调查，包括海员、HSEQ部门和主管，并敦促其船舶和船员经理成员与海员分享调查链接。

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英文原文

Ship managers and maritime professionals have joined forces to address concerns over the continuing deaths of seafarers and shore workers in enclosed spaces onboard ships.



InterManager, the international trade association for the ship management sector, has collaborated with The Nautical Institute and IMarEST to gain up to date information on the risks faced by workers in enclosed spaces on ships.  Together they have launched an industry-wide survey which aims to collate feedback from those working on ships to delve deeper into what’s going wrong and understand better what solutions are needed.



The detailed online survey, which can be completed anonymously, asks seafarers to identify what aspects of enclosed space entry present risks for them and questions how involved in safety procedures they have been.



InterManager Secretary General, Captain Kuba Szymanski, said: “InterManager carried out a widespread survey in 2018 where we asked seafarers why fatal mistakes were still being made.  From more than 5,000 responses we were able to understand more about the problem and since then we have worked tirelessly with industry partners to try to find effective ways of saving more lives.”



He continued: “Since 1998, InterManager has been collating statistics on behalf of the whole shipping industry and sharing them with partners and the International Maritime Organization.  Sadly, from this information we can see that workers are still dying in enclosed spaces onboard ships despite numerous industry interventions.  Now we’re conducting an even more in-depth survey which will help us to better understand the situation and empower us to work with industry colleagues to address this unacceptable situation.”



The number of enclosed space accidents occurring on an annual basis has not reduced significantly since 1998 when InterManager began compiling statistics.

In both 2022 and 2023 14 enclosed space incidents were recorded.  However, there was a marked increase in the number of actual casualties in 2023: there were 34 casualties in 2023 compared to 18 in 2022, an almost doubling of the casualty rate.



Initial figures for 2024 indicate that 11 recorded accidents resulted in the deaths of eight seafarers and six contractors, although incident reporting is notoriously slow.  For example, InterManager notes that an accident reported into the IMO accident investigation module in February this year (2025) actually occurred in 2015!



Analysing the statistics it has collated, InterManager advises that the majority of enclosed space accidents involve senior ranks or stevedores, and the highest percentage of incidents occur on bulk carriers (41%) and tankers (23%).  The most frequent locations for life-threatening incidents or deaths occur in the hold and hold access area (51%) with cargo oil tanks also presenting a significant risk (18%).



Kuba Szymanski commented: “We’ve been discussing enclosed space safety at the highest levels for many years now and yet, despite the shipping industry producing a wealth of rules, procedures, guidelines, leaflets etc, people are still dying in these confined spaces on ships.  Please have your say on what needs to be done.”



InterManager is encouraging maritime colleagues to take part in the survey, including seafarers, HSEQ departments and superintendents, as well as urging its ship and crew manager members to share the survey link with their seafarers.

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