Accident precursors and safety nets: Leading indicators of tanker operations safety

Maritime Policy and Management

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 405-425

  Grabowski, Martha ^a   Ayyalasomayajula, Premnath ^b   Merrick, Jason ^c   McCafferty, Denise ^d  

^a LE MOYNE COLLEGE   (United States)

^b Traveler's Insurance ^*  (United States)

^c VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d AMERICAN BUREAU OF SHIPPING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; HAZARDS; RISK MANAGEMENT; TANKERS (SHIPS);

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; MONITORING SYSTEM; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; TANKER SHIP;

EID: 35548973356     PISSN: 03088839     EISSN: 14645254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03088830701585084     Document Type: Article

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