I. Introduction Global concern with the extent of seafarer fatigue and its potential environmental cost is widely evident across the shipping industry. Maritime regulators, ship owners, trade unions are all alert to the fact that with certain ship types a combination of minimal manning, sequences of rapid port turnarounds, adverse weather conditions and high levels of traffic may find seafarers working long hours and with insufficient recovery rest. (Smith, Allen and Wadsworth, 2006). In these circumstances fatigue and reduced performance may lead to environmental damage, ill-health and reduced life-span among highly skilled seafarers who are in increasingly short supply. A long history of research into working hours and conditions in manufacturing as well as road transport and civil aviation industries has no parallel in commercial shipping. There are huge potential consequences of fatigue at sea in terms of both ship operations (accidents, collision risk, poorer performance, economic cost and environmental damage) and the individual seafarer (injury, poor health and well-being,). Not only has there been relatively little research on seafarers’ fatigue but what there has been has been largely focused on specific jobs (e.g. watch keeping), specific sectors (e.g. the short sea sector) and specific outcomes (e.g. accidents). This reflects general trends in fatigue research where the emphasis has often been on specific groups of workers (e.g. shift workers) and on safety rather than quality of working life (a crucial part of current definitions of occupational health). (http://www.martrans.org/)

Statement of the Problem

The researcher is interested to know the Prevention and Management of Seafarers Fatigue. Specifically this study seeks to answer the following problem:
1. What is Fatigue?
2. What is the Risk factor for Fatigue?
3. What are the