Crew Size and Maritime Safety

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Publication Year:1990

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Committee on the Effect of Smaller Crews on Maritime Safety, National Research Council
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U.S. oceangoing vessels have half the crew size of 30 years ago, thanks to automation and mechanization in the shipping industry. But are reductions in crew size increasing the risk of vessel accidents? Crew Size and Maritime Safety explores how ...
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Front Matter	i-xxii
1. Introduction	1-14	(skim)
2. Safety Experience with Smaller Crews	15-36	(skim)
3. Managing the Human Factors Aspects of Change	37-58	(skim)
4. Establishing Safe Crew Levels	59-73	(skim)
5. Legal and Regulatory Issues	74-84	(skim)
6. Conclusions and Recommendations	85-88	(skim)
Appendix A: Biographies of Committee Members	89-93	(skim)
Appendix B: Survey of Classification Societies and Foreign Governments	94-103	(skim)
Appendix C: Information from Labor Unions	104-121	(skim)
Appendix D: Maritime Management Perspectives	122-125	(skim)
Appendix E: Previous Research on Shipboard Task Analysis	126-131	(skim)
Appendix F: Vessel Manning: New Applications for Old Statutes	132-156	(skim)
Index	157-162	(skim)

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U.S. oceangoing vessels have half the crew size of 30 years ago, thanks to automation and mechanization in the shipping industry. But are reductions in crew size increasing the risk of vessel accidents? Crew Size and Maritime Safety explores how we can minimize risk without hindering technology, presenting the most thorough analysis available of key issues such as domestic versus foreign manning practices and safety performance; effect of crew size on crew fatigue, level of training, and ship maintenance; and modernizing the U.S. Coast Guard approach to crew size regulation.
The volume features a trend analysis of 20 years of maritime safety data, analyzing U.S. and international laws and treaties concerning ship manning and making recommendations for improvements. In addition, it includes a model for setting optimum crew levels, based on systems engineering and tested with actual ships.

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