THE ESSENTIAL ROLE OF CLASSIFICATION SOCIETIES AS AN INSTRUMENT OF ENSURING SAFE SHIPS

World total losses for the period 1965-1975 are reviewed in terms of average age and size distribution. The reliability and safety of a ship is enhanced by the following factors in harmony: reliability of hull and machinery, navigational systems and sea/shore communications, crew training, and owner's management. These four factors are now in disharmony, leading to human error.

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• Supplemental Notes:
  • Presented at the Seatrade Conference, in London, October 12-13, 1976.
• Corporate Authors:

  Seatrade Publications Limited

  Fairfax House
  Colchester CO1 1RJ, Essex,   England 
• Authors:
  • ABRAHAMSEN, E
• Publication Date: 1976

Media Info

• Pagination: 8 p.
• Serial:
  • Seatrade
  • Publisher: Seatrade Publications, Limited
  • ISSN: 0037-0428

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Crash data; Crashes; Fatalities; Safety; Standards; Statistics; Water transportation crashes
• Uncontrolled Terms: Classification societies; Safety standards
• Old TRIS Terms: Ship casualties
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Marine Transportation; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00164921
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Ship Research Institute of Norway
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Nov 9 1977 12:00AM