Abstract
The symposium proceedings include ten technical papers on
maritime safety from both technical and human factors
point of view. The first paper gives a state of art
-presentation to previous and current activities of
Maritime Institute of Finland on this topic. The second
and third paper presents the status and targets of the
comprehensive, still on-going maritime safety project
carried out for the Finnish Board of Navigation. Other
papers describe selected special topics of maritime
safety.
The modern safety and risk assessment methods are
becoming in the maritime operations as important and
widely utilised as on the other branches of society and
industry. The formal safety assessment (FSA) and the
failure effect and mode analysis (FMEA) are the basic
tools for authorities, classification societies and
inter-governmental organisations in design and
development of rules and guidelines for the new technical
innovations and operational procedures.
The technical aspects, e.g. stability, structural
strength and the modern aids of navigation are essential
to safe shipping but the understanding and controlling of
human factors is the basement for safe maritime
operations. The modern simulation techniques are a very
effective tool to study the human factors in complex
teamwork and communication situations both during the
normal and emergency operations.
The symposium on Maritime Safety '97 describes the
current research activities of Maritime Institute of
Finland and its co-operators, VTT/Safety Engineering and
the Ship Simulation Unit of the Maritime Safety Training
Centre, on primary areas of the maritime safety.
Original language | English |
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Place of Publication | Espoo |
Publisher | VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland |
Number of pages | 123 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 951-38-4569-9 |
ISBN (Print) | 951-38-4567-2 |
Publication status | Published - 1997 |
MoE publication type | C2 Edited books |
Event | Maritime Safety '97 - Espoo, Finland Duration: 19 Mar 1997 → 19 Mar 1997 |
Publication series
Series | VTT Symposium |
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Number | 176 |
ISSN | 0357-9387 |
Keywords
- safety engineering
- ships
- marine safety
- fire safety
- telematics
- navigation