ABSTRACT
Fishing vessels are subjected to different loads due to the harsh environment where they operate. Those loads can drive hazard on board, seasickness, and in some cases the loss of the ship; as the tragedy of three Spanish fishing vessels studied by Perez-Rojas et al (2006), where loss of lives and the ships occurred. Indeed, many fishing vessels accidents have been reported during the last years and the most representative case has been reported by Mantari et al (2011), where around fourteen Peruvian fishing vessels, capsized between the years 2008 to 2009. In addition, other occurrences have been also presented in the statistical report byWang et al (2005), where a breakdown of the accidents recorded in 90’s is: machinery damage, with 65.97%, followed by foundering, with 15.41% and flooding and grounding with 8.38%.
