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The central contribution of this thesis is to prove, through qualitative analysis, that “Human Factor” is one of the most significant parameters in maritime business and more specifically in maritime transport.
The current interest in Human Factor, in the maritime sector, arises from the fact, that technological, environmental and safety developments, have focused attention, on the need to consider human beings and their interaction with machines, materials, information, procedures and environments, in such developments and in designing a technological system.
First comes safety, so there is a great need that companies and personnel, familiarize with the anthropocentric evolution of SAFETY I, known as SAFETY II. The aforementioned, when combined together, they can develop a secure SMS, when human element is involved in a proactive way.
The OCIMF’s newest tool, TMSA 3, brings up revolutionary changes as far as the implementation of specific KPI’s and their best practice, for oil companies. Innovations arise, through the benchmarking of TMSA 2 and TMSA 3.
Concepts such as “human error”, “human reliability”, “resilience”, “human resource management”, and “leadership” are brought up in the forefront and with a human element analysis are being decoded.
What is more, through the analysis of the implementation of those new concepts, “Human Factor” is validated as a KPI. |
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