Archive for 'Research' Category
ECDIS: Assumptions and Misplaced Confidence
The UK’s MAIB have today published the latest edition of their excellent Safety Digest, issue 2/2012. You can download it from here, and I can highly recommend it. The document follows the standard format for these publications, with anonymised accident report summaries followed by easily digested safety lessons that can be learnt from each incident. [...]
Maritime industry statistics
For those with an interest (and I certainly have one) there is an interesting page on the ‘Seafarers Rights’ website, giving some potantially valuable statistics about the world maritime industry. Top 20 Flag States World Fleet – Pie ChartWorld Fleet Worldwide Supply of Seafarers Top 20 Ship Owning Countries The page concerned is HERE.
A new report available from SIRC
There is a new report available on the Seafarers International Research Centre (SIRC) website. Titled “New Shipboard Technology and Training Provision for Seafarers” the report looks at how seafarers deal with modern shipboard technology and their needs as regards suitable and effective training. You can download a copy of the report from this page. Authored [...]