HORIZON 2020 - Tackling maritime accidents with better ship design

The FAROS project proposes updated ship designs that address such issues as crew fatigue, sea sickness and stress – all of which can lead to catastrophic accidents, injuries and even death.

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date: 18/04/2016

Project: Human Factors in Risk-Based Ship Design ...

acronym: FAROS

See also: CORDIS

Did you know that the majority of maritime accidents are caused by human error? Although steps have been taken to remedy this, their scope tends to be limited to implementing safety management systems (SMS). And although an SMS can go a long way in decreasing the number of human-caused accidents, they fail to address other, more fundamental design factors such as a ship’s motions, noise and vibration levels – all of which have a substantial impact on human performance.

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