Human factors play pivotal roles in maritime accidents, incidents, and errors. In this paper, we discuss the attributes of human elements involved collision between frigate Helge Ingstad tanker Sola TS. Although warship was modern well equipped, with requisite navigational aids, availability monitoring by VTS, timely warnings made crew/pilot onboard TS, accident still occurred. It is not a mere...

This paper aims at quantifying the changes in notional reliability levels that result from redesigning an existing Aframax tanker to comply with the Common Structural Rules (CSR) for double-hull oil tankers. The probability of structural failure is calculated using the first-order reliability method. The evaluation of the wave-induced load effects that occur during long-term operation of the sh...

11 Article history: 12 Available online xxxx 13 Keywords: 14 Fuzzy QFD 15 FAHP 16 FAD 17 SoQ 18 Shipping investments 19 Tanker markets 20 2 1 a b s t r a c t 22 Q5 Studying the market has crucial roles for executing the shipping investment decisions in maritime trans-23 portation industry. The high level of managerial effort requires bringing market tendencies with the up-24 to-date data over d...

A statistical model is constructed describing spot freight rates in terms of the operating costs of the marginal ship, the size of the various vessels relative to the marginal ship, the proportion of the tanker fleet operating in the spot market and the proportion of the fleet which is laid up for more than two months. The model is tested over the entire period from September 1971 to December 1...