Essays about: "Ship accident"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 10 essays containing the words Ship accident.

  1. 1. Probabilistic Added Wave Resistance Predictions for Design of RoPax Ferries

    University essay from KTH/Lättkonstruktioner, marina system, flyg- och rymdteknik, rörelsemekanik

    Author : Jonathan Viinikka; [2023]
    Keywords : Added wave resistance in head waves; Roll-on Roll-off Passenger ferry; Probabilistic wave environment; Semi-empirical method; Adderat vågmotstånd i motsjö; Roll-on Roll-off Passagerar Fartyg; Probabilistiska vågförhållanden; Semiempiriska beräkningsmethoder;

    Abstract : This thesis investigates reasons for significant uncertainties in added wave resistance predictionsand how wave conditions can potentially affect the design of RoPax ferries. The objectiveis to find a suitable prediction method of added wave resistance for the RoPax ferry designapplication. READ MORE

  3. 2. MPX - A Highway to Human Error or a Stronghold Against System Variability?

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Riskhantering och Samhällssäkerhet

    Author : Michael Schmidt Sørensen; Jakob Trolle; [2020]
    Keywords : Maritime; Master; Pilot; Exchange; Joint activity; Cooperation; Culture; MPX; Adaptive capacity; Cognitive Workload; Language; Nationality; FLMU06; Technology and Engineering;

    Abstract : The cooperation between the bridge team members onboard merchant vessel has been given considerable attention since the mid 90´s when the focus on non-technical skills (NTS) was adopted from the aviation industry. In the maritime industry NTS training is called Bridge Resource Management (BRM) training and was introduced to avoid single person errors resulting in accidents. READ MORE

  4. 3. Upgradation of lifeboat

    University essay from Blekinge Tekniska Högskola/Institutionen för maskinteknik

    Author : Venkata Naga Saras Chandra Daliparti; Naveen Sai Surya Ayyappa Bellamkonda; Venkata Vamsi Krishna Kola; [2020]
    Keywords : Accidents; Lifeboats; Passenger cabin; Ships;

    Abstract : In today’s rapid development in world and globalization, transportation had become an important aspect in life. People transport through means of air, water and land. This made drastic increase of transportation and as a result the pollution levels are increased and so does the deaths due to accidents. READ MORE

  5. 4. A Field Study in Shipping: Near Miss, A Mantra With Dubious Effect on Safety

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Riskhantering och Samhällssäkerhet

    Author : Mikkel Andersen; [2018]
    Keywords : Shipping; ISM code; Near-miss; progressive safety; awareness; loss prevention; accident pyramid; KPI; learning; power relations; FLMU06; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Safety is intertwined with learning, without learning safety would be a static construct. To advance, safety concepts and theories all rely on the art of processing knowledge and though learning attaining a contributing effect. READ MORE

  6. 5. How a ship´s bridge knows its position - ECDIS assisted accidents from a contemporary human factors perspective

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Riskhantering och Samhällssäkerhet

    Author : Mads Ragnvald Nielsen; [2016]
    Keywords : engineering; cognitive systems; Human and technology interaction; accident prevention; systems safety; interaction design; safety by design FLMU06; Technology and Engineering;

    Abstract : The technological artifacts used in ship navigation have undergone substantial changes during the last decades, and real-time digital navigation is a reality with the introduction of the ECDIS. Despite the obvious merits of this new navigation mode, and the imagined improvement in safety that it theoretically should bring, ECDIS has in recent years been associated with several accidents. READ MORE