There is a strong belief among researchers that humans contribute to some 80% of industrial
accidents, including those occurring in shipping. However, few sources give actual evidence …

Over the past 50 years, research in maritime accidents has undergone a series of
fundamental changes. Understanding the evolution of these changes can help maritime …

A data-driven Bayesian network (BN) is used to investigate the effect of human factors on
maritime safety through maritime accident analysis. Its novelties consist of (1) manual …

Over the last decade, the shipping industry has implemented a number of measures aimed
at improving its safety level (such as new regulations or new forms of team training). Despite …

Human factors contribute to majority of maritime accidents. This study proposes an
advanced methodology for maritime accident prevention strategy formulation from a human …

The globally expanding shipping industry has several hazards such as collision, capsizing,
foundering, grounding, stranding, fire, and explosion. Accidents are often caused by more …

Minimizing fire and explosion (F&E) accident risk in bulk carrier ships are of paramount to
enhance safety in maritime transportation. Due to nature of cargo carried by bulk carrier …

Shipping is one of the leading modes of transport that has dominated the world economy
from past to present. The effectiveness and efficiency of maritime trade is closely related to …

In this study, an analysis of fire-explosion accidents in ship engine rooms was conducted.
For analysis, a hybrid method including the Human Factors Analysis and Classification …

It is important to establish all the causes of marine accidents, but this is sometimes quite
difficult. Therefore, analyzing the causes by examining as many accidents as possible using …