Abstract
We are aware of a large number of marine accidents that result in numerous casualties and even deaths and substantial negative environmental effects. The objective of this paper is to indicate factors that contribute to human errors which is identified as the most frequent cause to marine accidents. Despite rapid technological development and safety legislation, this paper identifies the human factor as the waekest link in maritime safety system. This analysis could lead to decrease of vessel accidents. In addition, starting from the European Maritime Safety Agency data and by linear regression model application, we have obtained the trend of number of ships involved in marine accidents as well as the trend of lives lost in marine accidents in and around European Union waters.
Highlights
Marine accidents have been occurring ever since men started to set sail
This paper focuses on the impact of human factors on marine accidents and their prediction developed by regression analysis
HYPOTHESIS The objective of this paper is to show the contribution of human factor which identifies the fact that human errors are mostly the causation for marine accidents
Summary
Marine accidents have been occurring ever since men started to set sail. The custom of the trade has been systematized over time, and later, by the middle of the 19th century, the navigational standards emerged primarily as regulations for preventing collisions at sea. Most of the literature applied in this paper which tackled this topic has come to the conclusion that modern shipping technologies are not essential for the safety at sea. In spite of this modernisation, marine accidents still occur nowadays. Over the last three decades different surveys have identified the fact that the human element is the major cause of marine accidents. It means that human factor is of paramount importance for the safety at sea. The human error factor as the most common cause of ship accidents is identified and all the factors which contribute to human errors at sea are discussed afterwards
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