Human factors at sea: Common patterns of error in groundings and collisions

Maritime Policy and Management

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 21-38

  Macrae, Carl ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLISION; FACTOR ANALYSIS; GROUNDING (VESSEL); MARITIME TRANSPORTATION; POLICY MAKING; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 67650321365     PISSN: 03088839     EISSN: 14645254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03088830802652262     Document Type: Article

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