ABSTRACT
In phase one of the seafarers fatigue project the offshore oil industry was examined (Smith, Lane and Bloor, 2001). This initial study represented the first comprehensive investigation of fatigue at sea, adopting a series of subjective and objective measures and involving onboard field research. A questionnaire based survey was also administered to both onboard participants and to a larger sample via a mail shot. In the second phase of the project the short sea and coastal shipping industry was examined in order to widen the scope and generalised relevance of results from phase one. Whilst slight adjustments were made to the onboard measures between phases one and two (Ellis et al, 2003), the survey format was identical to that previously adopted. Results from the phase two survey will form the basis of this paper.
