THE EFFECT OF SHIP INHERENT CONTROLLABILITY ON PILOTED PERFORMANCE: THE SIMULATOR EXPERIMENT

This report describes the results of an experiment designed to study the relationship between vessel parameters and piloted performance in a waterway. With a shiphandling simulator, commercial pilots made multiple transits through an experimental channel, with ships ranging in size between 33,000 and 225,000 deadweight tons. Performance measures were obtained to determine how measures of ship controllability, ship maneuverability and ship size can be used to predict performance and, ultimately, the risk of grounding, in a waterway.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Report
• Corporate Authors:

  Ship Analytics, Inc.

  North Stonington, CT  United States 

  United States Coast Guard

  2100 Second Street, SW
  Washington, DC  United States  20593
• Authors:
  • Smith, M W
  • MAZURKIEWICZ, J
  • Brown, W K
• Publication Date: 1990-10

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: Various p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Performance evaluations; Risk analysis; Ship pilots
• Old TRIS Terms: Channel navigation; Restricted waters; Ship controllability; Ship simulator experiments
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Marine Transportation; Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00661642
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Maritime Technical Information Facility
• Report/Paper Numbers: CG-D-10-90
• Contract Numbers: DTCG23-86-20030
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 21 1994 12:00AM