Shipping inspections,detentions, and incidents: an empirical analysis of risk dimensions

ABSTRACT

Inspections play a key role in keeping vessels safe. Inspection authorities employ different policies to decide which vessels to inspect, including type of vessel, age, and flag. Attention for vessel history is usually restricted only to past detentions. This paper demonstrates that the correlation between the probabilities of detention and (very serious and serious) incidents is very low and that proactive prevention of future incidents is improved by accounting for both risk dimensions, that is, by combining past incident and detention information for targeting high-risk vessels for inspection. Five combined methods are presented to classify vessels based on these two risk dimensions, each of which involves extensive sets of factors. These combined classification methods have predictive power for future incidents. Depending on the applied inspection rate, incorporation of incident risk improves inspection hit rates for vessels with future incidents by 30–50% compared to using only detention information. It is recommended to focus on vessels where both risks are relatively high. A practical example shows how the methods can be applied for inspection selection and for prioritizing inspection areas defined in terms of eight risk domains that include collisions, groundings, engine and hull failures, loss of life, fire, and pollution.     

A fuzzy failure mode and effects approach to analyse concentrated inspection campaigns on board ships

ABSTRACT

Maritime actions against substandard operations of ships are a great deal of memorandum of understanding (MoUs) under regional basis agreements among port state control (PSC) organisations. Herein, concentrated inspection campaigns (CIC), performed by the different members of MoUs in certain periods, are a monitoring strategy to effectively control the core operational matters encountered in fire-safety systems, propulsion and auxiliary machinery system, lifesaving appliances, working conditions on board ships, etc. This paper proposes a quantified maritime safety analysis based on fuzzy failure mode and effects analysis (FMEA) to evaluate CIC database of MoUs in order to achieve advance creative solutions. Demonstration studies are performed on the special database on fire-safety system deficiencies. Since the fuzzy FMEA outcomes point out the risk prioritisation numbers and relevant control options, the paper attempts to transform CIC feedback into useful information in terms of enhancing the ship PSC inspection concept (e-PSC inspection). The paper theoretically contributes to safety analysis methods in literature while demonstration of e-PSC inspections offers an insight into maritime industry in safety improvement.     

《2003年海员身份证件公约》现状及其未来发展解析

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谈如何推进执法支队规范化建设

加强执法支队内部管理精细化程度,提高执法支队执行力和监管能力,树立其品牌形象是系统推进执法支队规范建设的一项迫切工作。     

高职院校航海类毕业生的海员从业倾向研究

文章分析了高职院校航海类毕业生海员从业倾向下降的影响因素,从加大经费投入、加强人才培养、优化职业环境等方面提出了相应的解决对策,以保障高级船员队伍建设。     

提高面向中东市场乘用车的空调降温性能

某款乘用车出口中东市场,出现空调停止工作及空调降温性能不能满足当地高温环境要求的问题。经过分析并对发动机水泵、散热器、冷却风扇进行了改进,改进后的样件装车测试,空调工作不再出现停机现象,空调降温性能达到了中东地区高温环境的要求,此款乘用车可以顺利出口到中东市场。     

加强航保船员队伍建设的思考

本文结合北海航海保障中心船员队伍现状,分析了航保单位船员队伍建设中存在的相关问题,并提出了关于加强船员队伍建设的相关举措。     

关于加强日本海西部海事气象保障服务的建议

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广州亚运会道路建设规划方法解析

2010年第十六届亚运会将在广州举行。在简要介绍规划背景的基础上,阐述了规划的任务、目标与原则,针对亚运会期间不同群体交通需求的差异,分3个层面提出了服务亚运的道路建设规划,为其他举办大型活动的城市提供了较好的借鉴意义。     

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