Tag: human factor

Lloyd’s Register Foundation and The Nautical Institute have joined forces to produce a special limited edition bound set of all 40 issues of the Alert! human element bulletin, a global educational resource on the human element. From the beginning the project has “raised awareness” of maritime professionals across the industry to human element issues.

Aiming to implement smart solutions for a safe and sustainable shipping, the EU-funded EfficienSea2 project has finished a full-scale simulation of a variety of e-Navigation solutions. The simulations involved 8 navigators and took four days, at Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden, focusing on the human factors in e-Navigation.

Japanese shipping companies are planning to launch autonomous ships at sea by 2025, with a hope to reduce maritime accidents resulted by human errors. Japan's new ship models will include self-navigating system, a technology that is expected to cost hundreds of millions of dollars.

The Port of London Authority (PLA) has launched a new safety campaign on ‘Human Factor’ which is based on UK MCA’s ‘Deadly Dozen‘. The Port Authority focuses on this important issue following analysis of incident data which revealed that it has been the leading cause of navigational incidents on the tidal Thames in the last two years.

Maritime pilots are a strong and essential link in the structure that underpins the safety of international shipping. This was the message delivered by IMO Secretary-General Kitack Lim to the 70th meeting of the International Maritime Pilots’ Association (IMPA) in Rome

The IMO Sub-Committee on Human Element, Training and Watchkeeping held its 4th Session (HTW4) from Monday 30 through Friday 3 February 2017.

Ways to enhance seafarer training by utilizing lessons learned from marine casualty investigations and how to prevent fatigue at sea are issues under discussion this week at the IMO Sub-Committee on Human Element, Training and Watchkeeping (30 January-3 February).

Mark Bull FNI, Maritime Consultant, Trafalgar Navigation Limited has shared his forecast for shipping safety in 2017 urging industry stakeholders to take the Human Element into account more seriously, therefore, a strict Code of Conduct is needed.

The UK MCA addresses twelve (12) significant people-related factors, the 'Deadly Dozen', that result on maritime accidents, incidents and errors.

If there is one standout cause for failures of main and auxiliary engines, it is through inadequate monitoring and maintenance of the condition of lubricating oil – literally the life-blood of any engine. The American P&I Club issued new case study taking into account best practices in the prevention of shipboard machinery failures.