Crew Size and Maritime Safety

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• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Year: 1991
• Edition: 0
• eBook ISBN:
  9780309567510
• Topic: Economics
• Index: Economics

U.S. oceangoing vessels have half the crew size of 30 years ago, thanks to automation and mechanization in the shipping industry. But are reductions in crew size increasing the risk of vessel accidents? Crew Size and Maritime Safety explores how we can minimize risk without hindering technology, presenting the most thorough analysis available of key issues such as domestic versus foreign manning practices and safety performance; effect of crew size on crew fatigue, level of training, and ship maintenance; and modernizing the U.S. Coast Guard approach to crew size regulation.The volume features a trend analysis of 20 years of maritime safety data, analyzing U.S. and international laws and treaties concerning ship manning and making recommendations for improvements. In addition, it includes a model for setting optimum crew levels, based on systems engineering and tested with actual ships.

Table of contents

• CREW SIZE AND MARITIME SAFETY
• Copyright
• DEDICATION
• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• Contents
• Executive Summary
• 1 Introduction
• 2 Safety Experience with Smaller Crews
• 3 Managing the Human Factors Aspects of Change
• 4 Establishing Safe Crew Levels
• 5 Legal and Regulatory Issues
• 6 Conclusions and Recommendations
• Appendix A Biographies of Committee Members
• Appendix B Survey of Classification Societies and Foreign Governments
• Appendix C Information from Labor Unions
• Appendix D Maritime Management Perspectives
• Appendix E Previous Research on Shipboard Task Analysis
• Appendix F Vessel Manning: New Applications for Old Statutes
• Index