Evacuation in practice - Observations from five full scale exercises

WMU Journal of Maritime Affairs

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 137-151

  Lundh, Monica ^a   Lützhöft, Margareta ^a   Rydstedt, Leif ^b   Dahlman, Joakim ^a  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b INLAND NORWAY UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Communication; Evacuation; Field Trials; IMO; Passenger Ships; Safety Organization

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899854731     PISSN: 1651436X     EISSN: 16541642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03195171     Document Type: Article

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