Abstract
Abstract: This chapter encompasses seafarers’ working and living conditions on-board FSRUs versus conventional LNG-tankers. While conventional LNG-tankers transport liquefied natural gas (LNG), FSRUs are stationary ships functioning as an import terminal, receiving LNG from LNG-tankers. The point of departure for this study concerns how the nature of LNG shipping operations, its commercial, organisational, and technical aspects, internally and externally in an LNG shipping company, impacts the work life on-board.For FSRUs, the crew act as terminal operators and not seafarers, which partly falls outside the pre-existing governing rules and regulations set by the maritime industry. This may not be taken sufficiently into consideration by LNG shipping companies. An undesirable outcome may be situations of crew stress, which in the long run may lead to fatigue and have implications for safety orientation.Workload and stress factors are introduced and analysed against existing knowledge of rules and regulations on fatigue mitigations. This study explores possible job stressors and changes in the psychological and social relations amongst the crew as a ship-board team for FSRUs versus LNG-tankers. The research question is: What are ship-crew fatigue risks related to the work environment on-board FSRUs compared to conventional LNG-tankers?