Crew Size and Maritime Safety
eBook - PDF

Crew Size and Maritime Safety

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  1. 185 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Crew Size and Maritime Safety

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About this book

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.

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Information

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

Table of contents

  1. CREW SIZE AND MARITIME SAFETY
  2. Copyright
  3. DEDICATION
  4. Preface
  5. Acknowledgments
  6. Contents
  7. Executive Summary
  8. 1 Introduction
  9. 2 Safety Experience with Smaller Crews
  10. 3 Managing the Human Factors Aspects of Change
  11. 4 Establishing Safe Crew Levels
  12. 5 Legal and Regulatory Issues
  13. 6 Conclusions and Recommendations
  14. Appendix A Biographies of Committee Members
  15. Appendix B Survey of Classification Societies and Foreign Governments
  16. Appendix C Information from Labor Unions
  17. Appendix D Maritime Management Perspectives
  18. Appendix E Previous Research on Shipboard Task Analysis
  19. Appendix F Vessel Manning: New Applications for Old Statutes
  20. Index