Navigational traffic conflict technique: A proactive approach to quantitative measurement of collision risks in port waters

Journal of Navigation

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 137-152

  Debnath, Ashim Kumar ^a   Chin, Hoong Chor ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Navigational collision risk; Port safety; Quantitative risk analysis; Traffic conflict technique

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE APPROACH; COLLISION RISKS; COLLISION STATISTICS; PRO-ACTIVE APPROACH; QUANTITATIVE MEASUREMENT; QUANTITATIVE RISK ANALYSIS; SAFETY ANALYSIS; SAFETY ASSESSMENTS; SINGAPORE; TRAFFIC CONFLICT TECHNIQUES;

INTERSECTIONS; NAVIGATION; RISK ANALYSIS; SAFETY FACTOR;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

COLLISION AVOIDANCE; NAVIGATION AID; PORT; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK; TRAFFIC CONGESTION; TRANSPORTATION SAFETY;

EID: 77952369246     PISSN: 03734633     EISSN: 14697785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0373463309990233     Document Type: Article

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