Situation awareness in bridge operations – A study of collisions between attendant vessels and offshore facilities in the North Sea

Sandhåland, Hilde; Oltedal, Helle A.; Eid, Jarle

doi:10.1016/j.ssci.2015.06.021

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“…The typical reaction to an accident has been training and changing of procedures where systemic evaluations or proactive policies have rarely been developed [29]. Therefore, what we see today are "human errors" (regarding humans) and automation issues (regarding machines) in humantechnology interactions, revealed in many maritime accident reports and studies [30][31][32]. "Clumsy automation", a form of poor coordination between humans and machines, is usually believed to account for incidents [33].…”

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confidence: 99%

Towards a Pluralistic Epistemology: Understanding Human-Technology Interactions in Shipping from Psychological, Sociological and Ecological Perspectives

Man¹,

Lundh²,

MacKinnon³

2018

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In the shipping domain, many innovative technical systems have been designed and developed in the past decades, aiming to enable the maritime users to achieve the goal of safety, efficiency and effectiveness. The introduction of advanced technologies into workplaces have also created unprecedented challenges. Human users frequently find themselves in a supporting role to serve technology, being responsible for automation issues and blamed for "human errors" that sometimes result in tragic results. These challenges are closely associated with the design and use of technologies. Human-technology interactions has become an important multidisciplinary research topic for shipping. This article reviews theoretical concepts relative to the dimensions of psychology, sociology and ecology in Human Computer Interaction (HCI) in order to form a deeper understanding of human-technology interactions. This paper also discusses the theoretical constructs' practical relevance by showing how a few cases exemplifying ongoing development sectors in shipping, such as energy efficiency optimisation, supervisory control of autonomous unmanned ships, and ecosystems in engine control rooms, are understood with these theoretical perspectives. By presenting multidisciplinary understandings of human-technology interaction, this paper aims to derive knowledge pertinent to methodological approaches and philosophical stances of future maritime human factors and HCI research. http://www.transnav.eu the International Journal on Marine Navigation and Safety of Sea Transportation Volume 12 Number 4

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Section: Challenges In Human-technology Interactionsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Towards a Pluralistic Epistemology: Understanding Human-Technology Interactions in Shipping from Psychological, Sociological and Ecological Perspectives

Man¹,

Lundh²,

MacKinnon³

2018

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“…The incoming calls through available communication systems on the ship's bridge are identified as one of the important distracting elements influencing an OOW [15][16][17]. The incoming calls, as well as notification of different systems' alerts, demand the immediate attention of the OOW, i.e., in the moment of occurrence, without "choosing" a suitable moment.…”

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Voice Communication Systems Impact on Navigating Officers

Maglić

Valčić

Gundić

et al. 2020

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The tasks of an officer of the watch (OOW) on complex ships during navigation in coastal areas may be very challenging. Almost all the tasks require substantial information processing and timely decision making. Every distracting element should be avoided during navigation. Every call, made through any communication system, activates a new process that the OOW needs to conduct. The new process may interrupt a previously started task. In case of too many incoming calls, the workload of the OOW may increase significantly, thus, their situational awareness may be compromised and the risk of errors may increase. The objective of this research was to analyze the impact of incoming voice calls on the OOW. The research methods used include a questionnaire survey and a series of interviews with experienced officers. The main outcomes refer to the average frequency of incoming calls, duration of conversations and subjective assessment of their influence. The results indicate that, during one watch, an officer needs to answer 14 calls that last 16.19 min altogether. However, the officers consider 45% of calls made during watch keeping as distracting. A possible call management system with the aim to reduce distractions made by low priority calls is proposed in this paper.

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“…Similar to the case of aviation, human factor analysis and classification systems have been used to investigate human errors in the marine industry [9]. In the maritime sector, studies have been conducted to classify situational awareness of seafarers via surveys [10] and classified bridgework as a criterion for situational awareness [11,12]. Recently, because of the use of augmented reality, there has been an improvement in avoiding collisions [13] and human behavior in intelligent systems [14].…”

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Navigators’ Errors in a Ship Collision via Simulation Experiment in South Korea

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A very significant number of marine accidents occur because of human errors. This study aimed to prevent ship collisions by identifying types of navigators’ errors. Based on Reason’s classification theory, the possible human errors are classified into skill-based slips (SBSs) (errors caused by the lack of skills), rule-based mistakes (RBMs) (errors caused by the misapplication of rules), and knowledge-based mistakes (KBMs) (errors caused by the lack of navigator’s knowledge). For this study, a scenario-based experiment using a ship-handling simulator was conducted with 50 recruited student navigators. The results revealed two primary human errors of accidents, namely lack of knowledge and misapplication of rules. The results suggest that a collision can be minimized when a navigator has sufficient knowledge of an appropriate course of action and a deep understanding of safety rules. Accidents cannot be prevented by identifying errors, but steps can be taken to narrow the knowledge gap. Based on the results, we proposed a simulation training on navigator error in an unfamiliar situation. The results are expected to reduce errors in the maritime sector using a human-centric work system.

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Situation awareness in bridge operations – A study of collisions between attendant vessels and offshore facilities in the North Sea

Cited by 61 publications

References 12 publications

Towards a Pluralistic Epistemology: Understanding Human-Technology Interactions in Shipping from Psychological, Sociological and Ecological Perspectives

Towards a Pluralistic Epistemology: Understanding Human-Technology Interactions in Shipping from Psychological, Sociological and Ecological Perspectives

Voice Communication Systems Impact on Navigating Officers

Navigators’ Errors in a Ship Collision via Simulation Experiment in South Korea

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