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WMU journal of maritime affairs | 2006

Barriers to progress or windows of opportunity? A study in career path mapping in the maritime industries

Mike Barnett; David Gatfield; Bent Overgaard; Claire Pekcan; Allan Graveson

AbstractThe objective of the study was to provide, through a series of interviews with key personnel from a range of European Member States, an overview of the following:Possible and actual career paths of seafarers;Seafarer manpower requirements at sea and in relevant shore-based maritime sectors;Barriers to the mobility of qualified seafarers between the sectors. From this information a set of career maps were constructed for each Member State. This paper describes the methodology adopted and the findings. A number of similarities between maritime industries in the various Member States and a number of differences were found and these are discussed. Similarities included the personal qualities required by seafarers, their reasons for career moves, and the processes involved. There are also a number of common factors that are markedly different in each Member State, including the culture of the individual country. The paper concludes with a comparison between these factors and known dimensions of culture.


WMU journal of maritime affairs | 2005

Searching for the root causes of maritime casualties – individual competence or organisational culture?

Mike Barnett

This paper opens by placing our current understanding of human error within a model of accident causation. The philosophical problems of bias and hindsight in accident investigation are discussed and a classification of human error types is presented. Two recent surveys of accident data and three case studies are used to highlight the main concerns in the sources of failure. These concerns are onboard violations, lack of onboard situational awareness, and failures in management practice. The paper provides an overview of how these issues have led to developments in maritime training and research. The first development has been the design of more effective training courses through a better understanding of the nature of the skill requirements of situational awareness. The current training is outlined and other areas of research, which are now being undertaken, are described. The paper concludes with a summary of further research and development needs.


Chronobiology International | 2013

Sleep, Sleepiness, and Neurobehavioral Performance While on Watch in a Simulated 4 Hours on/8 Hours off Maritime Watch System

Wessel van Leeuwen; Albert Kircher; Anna Dahlgren; Margareta Lützhöft; Mike Barnett; Göran Kecklund; Torbjörn Åkerstedt

Seafarer sleepiness jeopardizes safety at sea and has been documented as a direct or contributing factor in many maritime accidents. This study investigates sleep, sleepiness, and neurobehavioral performance in a simulated 4 h on/8 h off watch system as well as the effects of a single free watch disturbance, simulating a condition of overtime work, resulting in 16 h of work in a row and a missed sleep opportunity. Thirty bridge officers (age 30 ± 6 yrs; 29 men) participated in bridge simulator trials on an identical 1-wk voyage in the North Sea and English Channel. The three watch teams started respectively with the 00–04, the 04–08, and the 08–12 watches. Participants rated their sleepiness every hour (Karolinska Sleepiness Scale [KSS]) and carried out a 5-min psychomotor vigilance test (PVT) test at the start and end of every watch. Polysomnography (PSG) was recorded during 6 watches in the first and the second half of the week. KSS was higher during the first (mean ± SD: 4.0 ± 0.2) compared with the second (3.3 ± 0.2) watch of the day (p < 0.001). In addition, it increased with hours on watch (p < 0.001), peaking at the end of watch (4.1 ± 0.2). The free watch disturbance increased KSS profoundly (p < 0.001): from 4.2 ± 0.2 to 6.5 ± 0.3. PVT reaction times were slower during the first (290 ± 6 ms) compared with the second (280 ± 6 ms) watch of the day (p < 0.001) as well as at the end of the watch (289 ± 6 ms) compared with the start (281 ± 6 ms; p = 0.001). The free watch disturbance increased reaction times (p < 0.001) from 283 ± 5 to 306 ± 7 ms. Similar effects were observed for PVT lapses. One third of all participants slept during at least one of the PSG watches. Sleep on watch was most abundant in the team working 00–04 and it increased following the free watch disturbance. This study reveals that—within a 4 h on/8 h off shift system—subjective and objective sleepiness peak during the night and early morning watches, coinciding with a time frame in which relatively many maritime accidents occur. In addition, we showed that overtime work strongly increases sleepiness. Finally, a striking amount of participants fell asleep while on duty.


WMU journal of maritime affairs | 2005

Shipboard manning: alternative structures for the future?

Mike Barnett; Colin J. Stevenson; Douglas W. Lang

This paper reports the results of the first phase of a research project to explore alternative shipboard manning structures. A review was conducted of relevant literature, although since the STCW revision in 1995, earlier studies are no longer as relevant as they were. It was clear from this review that few organisations have explored the potential of Chapter VII of the Convention for alternative structures and certification.A research study was conducted that involved the use of three focus groups and an electronic Delphi discussion group of twenty volunteer maritime experts. The focus groups identified a series of feasible manning structures and these scenarios formed the basis for the electronic Delphi phase of the study. The paper provides a full analysis of the exercise, which was successful in showing where there was consensus and where there were major differences of opinion. One major conclusion of the participants was that, although technically feasible, unmanned vessels were unlikely to appear in the foreseeable future for commercial and political reasons. The majority favoured a human presence on board but there were significant differences of opinion on its main function and how that presence should be organised.


Archive | 2017

Risk Factors for Fatigue in Shipping, the Consequences for Seafarers’ Health and Options for Preventive Intervention

Jørgen Riis Jepsen; Zhiwei Zhao; Claire Pekcan; Mike Barnett; Wessel van Leeuwen

The consequences of fatigue for the health and safety of seafarers have caused concern in the industry and among academics, and indicates the importance of further research into risk factors and preventive interventions at sea. This chapter gives an overview of the key issues relating to seafarer fatigue. A literature study was conducted aimed at collecting publications that address risk factors for fatigue, short-term and long-term consequences for health and safety, and options for fatigue mitigation at sea. Due to the limited number of publications that deal with seafarers, experiences from other populations sharing the same exposures (e.g. shift work) were also included when appropriate. Work at sea involves multiple risk factors for fatigue, which in addition to acute effects (e.g. impaired cognition, accidents) contributes through autonomic, immunologic and metabolic pathways to the development of chronic diseases that are particularly prevalent in seafarers. Taking into account the frequency of seafarer fatigue and the severity of its consequences, the efficacy of the current legislative framework and the industry’s compliance, the manning of the international merchant fleet, and optimized working, living and sleeping conditions at sea all need serious reconsideration. Given the circumstances at sea which cannot be altered, e.g. working in shifts and crossing time zones, further assessment of the potentials of preventive interventions including fatigue prediction tools and individual Fatigue Risk Management Systems (FRMS) is recommended.


Archive | 2003

A Research Agenda in Maritime Crew Resource Management.

Mike Barnett; David Gatfield; Claire Pekcan


Archive | 2002

Shipboard Crisis Management: A Case Study.

Mike Barnett; David Gatfield; John Habberley


Archive | 2004

Risk Management training: the development of simulator-based scenarios from the analysis of recent maritime accidents.

Mike Barnett


Archive | 2011

Fatigue and Performance in Bridge and Engine Control Room Watchkeeping on a 6on / 6off Watch Regime”

Pierre Maurier; Mike Barnett; Claire Pekcan; David Gatfield; Philippe Corrignan; Graham Clarke


Sleep | 2012

Fatigue, Sleepiness And Sleep In Maritime Watch Systems : A Series Of Simulator Studies

W Van Leeuwen; Göran Kecklund; Anna Dahlgren; Albert Kircher; Margareta Lützhöft; Mike Barnett; Torbjörn Åkerstedt

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Claire Pekcan

Southampton Solent University

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Anna Dahlgren

Chalmers University of Technology

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Margareta Lützhöft

Chalmers University of Technology

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David Gatfield

Southampton Solent University

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Jørgen Riis Jepsen

University of Southern Denmark

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Zhiwei Zhao

Dalian Maritime University

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