Hand injury while mooring

摘要

A vessel was preparing to depart. The master and pilot decided to use the ropes that were already reeved on winches after casting off for making fast the tug. The aft mooring team did not challenge this decision. After lowering around 45 m of rope to the tug, one of the two ropes given to the tug was found to be wedged in the rope section coiled on the winch and was not paying out freely. Additionally, the lead from the winch to the mooring bitt was not straight and did not facilitate easy lowering.