Abstract
Shanghai is one of the busiest port in the world. With the continuous increase of traffic flow in Shanghai Port, the complexity of navigable environment and conditions is also increased, which undoubtedly increases the difficulty of ship navigation and directly affects the safety of ship pilotage. The mental health and good psychological quality of pilots are the important premise to ensure the safety of ship navigation. To ensure the safe navigation of ships in Shanghai port, it is very important to study the psychological state and pressure sources of pilots when they are engaged in the piloting work and put forward the measures to relieve the psychological pressure of pilots according to the actual situation. The paper focuses on explaining the current mental health status of pilots in Shanghai port, and analyzes the related factors that affect pilot's psychology, so as to find out the psychological pressure source of pilots and the influence of psychological factors on work performance. Through the analysis, combing with the current actual situation of Shanghai port, and understanding the current intervention measures at home and abroad, the author puts forward corresponding measures, according to the problems and factors that affect the psychological quality of pilots, and also hopes that the mental health status of pilots in Shanghai Port can be fundamentally improved, and lays a solid foundation for the safety of ship navigation.
Highlights
In recent years, the construction speed of Shanghai International Shipping Center has been advancing by leaps and bounds, which has led to the development speed of ports along the Yangtze River basin
A good psychological status can ensure that the pilots can make good use of his own professional knowledge and skills to complete the navigation work
Shanghai Port pilots by means of interviews, questionnaires and field survey, and put forward some suggestions to solve the psychological pressure of the pilots according to the actual situation, which lays a foundation for the pilot to reduce the burden and ensure the safety of water traffic
Summary
The construction speed of Shanghai International Shipping Center has been advancing by leaps and bounds, which has led to the development speed of ports along the Yangtze River basin. The pilot's psychological status is an important factor that affects the navigation task. A good psychological status can ensure that the pilots can make good use of his own professional knowledge and skills to complete the navigation work. [2] Pilots need to work in accordance with the changeable hydrologic weather, as well as the actual navigation channel conditions, and in combination with the type and size of their own ships, to successfully complete the pilotage operations. Shanghai Port pilots by means of interviews, questionnaires and field survey, and put forward some suggestions to solve the psychological pressure of the pilots according to the actual situation,, which lays a foundation for the pilot to reduce the burden and ensure the safety of water traffic
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