Warning on risks with snap-back zones

UK P&I Club risk assessor David Nichol has highlighted the precautions that should be taken on board ships to mark snap-back zones. “In recent years it became common practice to mark snap-back zones on ships’ decks in the vicinity of mooring machinery, rollers and fairleads,” he said. However, industry advice with respect to identifying and marking snap-back zones came under review last year following an incident where a deck officer was seriously injured during a mooring operation when standing in a location that had not been identified as being within a snap-back danger zone.