Increased Awareness for Maritime Human Factors through e-learning in Crew-centered Design

Praetorius, Gesa; Kataria, Aditi; Petersen, Erik Styhr; Schröder-Hinrichs, Jens-Uwe; Baldauf, Michael; Kähler, Nina

doi:10.1016/j.promfg.2015.07.762

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“…Nuutinen et.al described the VTS as a complex socio-technical system and discussed the past, current, and future challenges for VTS development (Nuutinen et al 2007). This study complemented other VTS research which highlighted that VTS systems vary significantly in their outcome, practices, and understanding of core tasks, based on their geographical location and competent authority (Nuutinen et al 2007;Brödje 2012;Praetorius 2014;Praetorius et al 2015b). These practical and organizational differences are attributed to the fact that there is no international legislation regulating VTS which can cause tension and misunderstanding between various actors within the maritime socio-technical system (Brodje et al 2013;IALA 2016).…”

Section: Vessel Traffic Service Researchmentioning

confidence: 52%

“…This study identified VTS role ambiguity, meaning the VTSO role boundaries shift as a consequence to the lack of prescriptive regulations governing VTS operations, leading to many inconsistencies in work practices among VTSOs (Costa et al 2018a, b). Further, as noted by Praetorius et al, these major operational differences between and within VTS stations are of great importance when changes (i.e., procedural, technology, personnel) are implemented at VTS stations (Praetorius et al 2015b).…”

Section: Vessel Traffic Service Researchmentioning

confidence: 95%

“…VTS work practices have been the topic of many studies over the past 20 years (Baldauf and Wiersma 1998;Harre 2000;Nuutinen et al 2007;Brödje et al 2010;Brodje et al 2013;Praetorius 2014;van Westrenen et al 2014;Praetorius et al 2015b;de Vries 2017;Costa et al 2018a, b). Early VTS research focused mainly on the technical side of operations, including the reporting and monitoring of vessels, starting with the introduction and installation of AIS on board ships (Baldauf and Wiersma 1998;Harre 2000;Chang 2004).…”

Section: Vessel Traffic Service Researchmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…These guidelines place responsibility on competent authorities to undertake and arrange the organization and responsibility of VTS services, inadvertently leading to major differences between geographical locations (Praetorius 2014). These differences range from the amount of traffic in the designated port, to organizational differences of having only one VTSO in smaller more local areas, to several operators with specific tasks and activities (Praetorius et al 2015b). Costa et al observed VTSOs at the Swedish Maritime Authority (SMA) to understand non-technical factors in communication and general work practices (Costa et al 2018a, b).…”

Section: Vessel Traffic Service Researchmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Implementing additional sources of communication and information sharing in the form of new technologies can have unintended effects on the current non-standardized and locationdependent systems (Praetorius 2014;Costa et al 2018a, b). As discussed by Praetorius et al (2015a, b), the current organization of different VTS stations varies significantly which means the use of the STM services or other information sharing services would more than likely differ greatly between VTS locations (Praetorius et al 2015b). If the STM services, or similar, are to be integrated at a large scale and used in maritime operations, procedural or legislative guidelines should be updated to regulate and address the safe use of these type of services.…”

Section: Communicationmentioning

confidence: 99%

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An evaluation of low-level automation navigation functions upon vessel traffic services work practices

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The Sea Traffic Management (STM) Validation Project is a European-based initiative with ambitions to improve maritime safety and efficiency through information sharing in real time. The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the “STM services,” which can be categorized as low-level automated functions designed to improve information exchange between ship and shore. Full-scale simulated scenarios were developed and tested on 16 professional vessel traffic service (VTS) operators comparing VTS operations as they are today with the added STM functionality. Data collection involved observations which assessed the frequency and type of interactions between ships and VTS, followed by questionnaires to provide an overall assessment of the user experience. The results indicate that the frequency and method of communication patterns between VTS operators and ships will be affected by the integration of the STM services. Additional access to navigational information could change the role of VTS operators in traffic situations compared with traditional operations. This paper discusses the findings from a socio-technical systems perspective while also addressing the individual STM services and their potential impact on VTS operations. This research provides valuable information for European VTS centers that could be affected by the implementation of e-Navigation and, specifically, the STM services.

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“Seafarers should be navigating by the stars”: barriers to usability in ship bridge design

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Haavik³

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Navigating a ship is a complex task that requires close interaction between navigators and technology available on the ship’s bridge. The quality of this interaction depends on human and organisational factors, but also on technological design. This is recognized by the International Maritime Organization (IMO) through the SOLAS V/15 regulation that requires human factor considerations in bridge design. The objective of this paper is to investigate how tensions between the main stakeholders’ interests and perspectives in ship bridge design may influence the achievement of the goals set forth in the SOLAS V/15 regulation. This objective is explored through a qualitative study in the maritime industry, involving seafarers, shipowners, and equipment manufacturers. We find suboptimal ship bridge design usability to be connected to structural characteristics of the maritime sector, where different aims and perspectives between core stakeholders impairs alignment with respect to conception of work-as-done in the operative environment. We also find that profitability is a major driver for the blunt end stakeholders, for whom the relation between usability and profitability is perceived as a trade-off rather than of synergy. We conclude that there is a need to develop processes, enablers, and management tools to (1) update the understanding of the professional competence needed in the technology dense work environment on ship bridges today; (2) strengthen the maritime stakeholders’ awareness of the advantages of human-centred design (HCD) which are both operator well-being and system performance; (3) enable implementation of HCD into existing design and development processes; (4) provide metrics for business cases enabling informed ergonomic investment decisions.

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Determining the most influential human factors in maritime accidents: A data-driven approach

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Marine accidents are complex processes in which many factors are involved and contribute to accident development. For this reason, effectively analyse what combination of factors lead an accident event is a complex problem, especially when human factors are involved. State-of-the-art methods such as Human Factor Analysis and Classification System, Human reliability Assessments, and simple Statistical Analysis are not effective in many situations since they require the intervention of human experts with their limitations, biases, and high costs. The authors propose to use a data-driven approach able to utilise the information present in historical databases of marine accident for the purposes of establishing the most influential human factors. For this purpose a two-stage approach is presented: first, a data-driven predictive model is built able to predict the type of accident based on the contributing factors, and then the different contributing factors are ranked based on their ability to influence the prediction. Results on a real historical database of accidents provided by the Marine Accident Investigation Branch will support the proposed novel approach.

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Increased Awareness for Maritime Human Factors through e-learning in Crew-centered Design

Cited by 14 publications

References 19 publications

An evaluation of low-level automation navigation functions upon vessel traffic services work practices

An evaluation of low-level automation navigation functions upon vessel traffic services work practices

“Seafarers should be navigating by the stars”: barriers to usability in ship bridge design

Determining the most influential human factors in maritime accidents: A data-driven approach

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