FacebookTwitterEmailLinkedin CHIRP presents a reported incident where a tender became trapped against a vessel’s rail during towing operations in high swell, highlighting the risks of degraded communication, monitoring and loss of positive control. Initial report During operations to place the tender on tow, damage occurred to the vessel’s rail while the tender was alongside being prepared. Sea conditions included a high swell, causing significant tender movement. The tender was being held off the vessel by a fender. The bosun was on the tender while the deck hand disconnected the towing hook. The chief officer remained on the vessel and used a fender to keep the tender away from the vessel’s side. RelatedNews Lessons learned: Chemical handling requires more than labels and PPE Lessons learned: Treat fumigation as a voyage-long safety risk var jnews_module_21410100_0_6abf75319e523 = {"header_icon":"","first_title":"Related","second_title":"News","url":"","header_type":"heading_8","header_background":"","header_secondary_background":"","header_text_color":"","header_line_color":"","header_accent_color":"","header_filter_category":"","header_filter_author":"","header_filter_tag":"","header_filter_cpt_post_tag":"","header_filter_cpt_tribe_events_cat":"","header_filter_cpt_web_story_category":"","header_filter_cpt_web_story_tag":"","header_filter_text":"All","sticky_post":false,"sticky_post_filter":false,"post_type":"post","content_type":"all","sponsor":false,"number_post":"2","post_offset":0,"unique_content":"unique1","include_post":"","included_only":false,"exclude_post":"21410100","include_category":"","exclude_category":"","include_author":"","include_tag":"263,1555,606,542","exclude_tag":"","exclude_visited_post":false,"post_tag":"","tribe_events_cat":"","web_story_category":"","web_story_tag":"","sort_by":"latest","show_date":"","date_format":"default","date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","pagination_mode":"disable","pagination_nextprev_showtext":"","pagination_number_p