Taming a globalized industry – Forces and counter forces influencing maritime safety

Almklov, Petter Grytten; Lamvik, Gunnar Martin

doi:10.1016/j.marpol.2018.08.023

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“…Low prioritizing of usability in bridge design may be connected to a lack of routines and methods for performing cost-effect estimations of ergonomic investments in shipping (Österman and Rose 2015; Österman et al 2010). However, the maritime industry is diverse and some parts of the sector, for instance the offshore sector in Norway, is known to go beyond compliance (Almklov and Lamvik 2018).…”

Section: Regulations Guiding Ship Bridge Designmentioning

confidence: 99%

“Seafarers should be navigating by the stars”: barriers to usability in ship bridge design

Danielsen¹,

Lützhöft²,

Haavik³

et al. 2022

Cogn Tech Work

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Navigating a ship is a complex task that requires close interaction between navigators and technology available on the ship’s bridge. The quality of this interaction depends on human and organisational factors, but also on technological design. This is recognized by the International Maritime Organization (IMO) through the SOLAS V/15 regulation that requires human factor considerations in bridge design. The objective of this paper is to investigate how tensions between the main stakeholders’ interests and perspectives in ship bridge design may influence the achievement of the goals set forth in the SOLAS V/15 regulation. This objective is explored through a qualitative study in the maritime industry, involving seafarers, shipowners, and equipment manufacturers. We find suboptimal ship bridge design usability to be connected to structural characteristics of the maritime sector, where different aims and perspectives between core stakeholders impairs alignment with respect to conception of work-as-done in the operative environment. We also find that profitability is a major driver for the blunt end stakeholders, for whom the relation between usability and profitability is perceived as a trade-off rather than of synergy. We conclude that there is a need to develop processes, enablers, and management tools to (1) update the understanding of the professional competence needed in the technology dense work environment on ship bridges today; (2) strengthen the maritime stakeholders’ awareness of the advantages of human-centred design (HCD) which are both operator well-being and system performance; (3) enable implementation of HCD into existing design and development processes; (4) provide metrics for business cases enabling informed ergonomic investment decisions.

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Section: Regulations Guiding Ship Bridge Designmentioning

confidence: 99%

“Seafarers should be navigating by the stars”: barriers to usability in ship bridge design

Danielsen¹,

Lützhöft²,

Haavik³

et al. 2022

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“…Maritime safety is hampered by the industry's structure, social organization, and economic pressure (Hetherington, Flin, & Mearns, 2006). Maritime regulation is challenging, as vessels and ship owning organizations can be registered in a line of countries (Almklov & Lamvik, 2018). Industries with narrow economic margins and many small entities, like coastal fishing and transport, have less opportunity to make ambitious safety investments than industries with greater profit and larger organizations (Lindøe, Baram, & Braut, 2011;Lindøe, Engen, et al, 2011;Nilsen & Størkersen, 2018).…”

Section: Maritime Safety Managementmentioning

confidence: 99%

Traps and tricks of safety management at sea

Størkersen

Thorvaldsen

2021

Safety Science

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Safety management regulation was introduced almost twenty years earlier for Norwegian seafarers than coastal fishers, although both groups work in industries with high accident frequencies. In this study, seafarers and fishers' perspectives on safety management requirements is studied, through empirical data from interviews and observation conducted over several years, with the aim of informing the future development of safety management, especially in fishing. Results show that the fishers have practical skills and an operational orientation, while the seafarers experience ill-fitting procedures, extensive documentation, and shore management that the coastal fishers lack. The suggestions for future safety management are related to development of procedures, a safe working environment, safeguards and safety management skills.

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“…Maersk is a shipping brand to be reckoned with in the global shipping industry because of its operational efficiencies, seaborne freight, and strategic infrastructure. When dealing with the issues of business‐related expansion, digitization, blockchain, and corporate innovations (Acar, Tarakci, & van Knippenberg, ; Almklov & Lamvik, ; Cohen & Tripsas, ; Hirata, ), Maersk is definitely one of the first‐mover shipping firms that intends to be the industry benchmark. Maersk is also a good communicator on the Internet and social media (Katona & Sarvary, ).…”

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Global strategy gone astray: Maersk's big box boats and the world shipping industry

Anwar

2019

Thunderbird Intl Bus Rev

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A.P. Moller-Maersk Group (A.P. Moller-Maersk AS in Danish), commonly known as Maersk, is the world's largest global shipping conglomerate from Denmark and carries a rich history and corporate heritage in the industry. The company operates large container ships which are mostly known as "big box boats" in the industry. By using interdisciplinary literature and the shipping industry's operational routes and corporate developments, this case-based research analyzes and discusses Maersk's internationalization and its global strategies. Although Maersk aggressively sought internationalization and company-specific expansion, its global strategy and international expansion areas have encountered problems because of the slowdown of the global economy, de-globalization, and the U.S.-China trade tussle. The case-based research analyzes and discusses these issues within the areas of international business and the company's global strategies and industry-specific competition. Analystsand industry observers believe that Maersk will continue to be a major shipping and logistics firm and will thrive in global markets. At the same time, the company will be impacted by the changing competition, regulatory forces, and new technologies in logistics and global shipping. This case study also provides future developments and growth prospects of Maersk and the shipping industry. K E Y W O R D Scontainerization, containers, global strategy, Maersk, shipping industry

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Taming a globalized industry – Forces and counter forces influencing maritime safety

Cited by 8 publications

References 20 publications

“Seafarers should be navigating by the stars”: barriers to usability in ship bridge design

“Seafarers should be navigating by the stars”: barriers to usability in ship bridge design

Traps and tricks of safety management at sea

Global strategy gone astray: Maersk's big box boats and the world shipping industry

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