Reducing maritime accidents in ships by tackling human error: a bibliometric review and research agenda

Abstract Over the past decade the number of maritime transportation accidents has fallen. However, as shipping vessels continue to increase in size, one single incident, such as the oil spills from ‘super’ tankers, can have catastrophic and long-term consequences for marine ecosystems, the environme...

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Autores principales:	Carine Dominguez-Péry, Lakshmi Narasimha Raju Vuddaraju, Isabelle Corbett-Etchevers, Rana Tassabehji
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Publicado:	SpringerOpen 2021
Materias:	Ship accident Human error Socio-technical use of information technologies Organisation Bibliometric review Shipment of goods. Delivery of goods HF5761-5780 Transportation and communications HE1-9990
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:a67aea2e9b2a4c65a062d7cb48eb9f7b2021-11-28T12:14:39ZReducing maritime accidents in ships by tackling human error: a bibliometric review and research agenda10.1186/s41072-021-00098-y2364-4575https://doaj.org/article/a67aea2e9b2a4c65a062d7cb48eb9f7b2021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1186/s41072-021-00098-yhttps://doaj.org/toc/2364-4575Abstract Over the past decade the number of maritime transportation accidents has fallen. However, as shipping vessels continue to increase in size, one single incident, such as the oil spills from ‘super’ tankers, can have catastrophic and long-term consequences for marine ecosystems, the environment and local economies. Maritime transport accidents are complex and caused by a combination of events or processes that might ultimately result in the loss of human and marine life, and irreversible ecological, environmental and economic damage. Many studies point to direct or indirect human error as a major cause of maritime accidents, which raises many unanswered questions about the best way to prevent catastrophic human error in maritime contexts. This paper takes a first step towards addressing some of these questions by improving our understanding of upstream maritime accidents from an organisation science perspective—an area of research that is currently underdeveloped. This will provide new and relevant insights by both clarifying how ships can be described in terms of organisations and by considering them in a whole ecosystem and industry. A bibliometric review of extant literature of the causes of maritime accidents related to human error was conducted, and the findings revealed three main root causes of human and organisational error, namely, human resources and management, socio-technical Information Systems and Information Technologies, and individual/cognition-related errors. As a result of the bibliometric review, this paper identifies the gaps and limitations in the literature and proposes a research agenda to enhance our current understanding of the role of human error in maritime accidents. This research agenda proposes new organisational theory perspectives—including considering ships as organisations; types of organisations (highly reliable organisations or self-organised); complex systems and socio-technical systems theories for digitalised ships; the role of power; and developing dynamic safety capabilities for learning ships. By adopting different theoretical perspectives and adapting research methods from social and human sciences, scholars can advance human error in maritime transportation, which can ultimately contribute to addressing human errors and improving maritime transport safety for the wider benefit of the environment and societies ecologies and economies.Carine Dominguez-PéryLakshmi Narasimha Raju VuddarajuIsabelle Corbett-EtcheversRana TassabehjiSpringerOpenarticleShip accidentHuman errorSocio-technical use of information technologiesOrganisationBibliometric reviewShipment of goods. Delivery of goodsHF5761-5780Transportation and communicationsHE1-9990ENJournal of Shipping and Trade, Vol 6, Iss 1, Pp 1-32 (2021)
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topic	Ship accident Human error Socio-technical use of information technologies Organisation Bibliometric review Shipment of goods. Delivery of goods HF5761-5780 Transportation and communications HE1-9990
spellingShingle	Ship accident Human error Socio-technical use of information technologies Organisation Bibliometric review Shipment of goods. Delivery of goods HF5761-5780 Transportation and communications HE1-9990 Carine Dominguez-Péry Lakshmi Narasimha Raju Vuddaraju Isabelle Corbett-Etchevers Rana Tassabehji Reducing maritime accidents in ships by tackling human error: a bibliometric review and research agenda
description	Abstract Over the past decade the number of maritime transportation accidents has fallen. However, as shipping vessels continue to increase in size, one single incident, such as the oil spills from ‘super’ tankers, can have catastrophic and long-term consequences for marine ecosystems, the environment and local economies. Maritime transport accidents are complex and caused by a combination of events or processes that might ultimately result in the loss of human and marine life, and irreversible ecological, environmental and economic damage. Many studies point to direct or indirect human error as a major cause of maritime accidents, which raises many unanswered questions about the best way to prevent catastrophic human error in maritime contexts. This paper takes a first step towards addressing some of these questions by improving our understanding of upstream maritime accidents from an organisation science perspective—an area of research that is currently underdeveloped. This will provide new and relevant insights by both clarifying how ships can be described in terms of organisations and by considering them in a whole ecosystem and industry. A bibliometric review of extant literature of the causes of maritime accidents related to human error was conducted, and the findings revealed three main root causes of human and organisational error, namely, human resources and management, socio-technical Information Systems and Information Technologies, and individual/cognition-related errors. As a result of the bibliometric review, this paper identifies the gaps and limitations in the literature and proposes a research agenda to enhance our current understanding of the role of human error in maritime accidents. This research agenda proposes new organisational theory perspectives—including considering ships as organisations; types of organisations (highly reliable organisations or self-organised); complex systems and socio-technical systems theories for digitalised ships; the role of power; and developing dynamic safety capabilities for learning ships. By adopting different theoretical perspectives and adapting research methods from social and human sciences, scholars can advance human error in maritime transportation, which can ultimately contribute to addressing human errors and improving maritime transport safety for the wider benefit of the environment and societies ecologies and economies.
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title	Reducing maritime accidents in ships by tackling human error: a bibliometric review and research agenda
title_short	Reducing maritime accidents in ships by tackling human error: a bibliometric review and research agenda
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Reducing maritime accidents in ships by tackling human error: a bibliometric review and research agenda

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