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Behaviour Patterns in Encounters between Ships

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 January 2010

J. F. Kemp
Affiliation:
(City of London Polytechnic)

Abstract

This paper examines the problem of those ship collisions which are associated with infringements of the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea. Experimental evidence indicates that there are classes of encounters which lead to indecision and uncertainty on the part of ship's officers. It is suggested that the identification of these classes of encounters is the first step towards eliminating the difficulties associated with them.

Type
Collision Avoidance and Rendezvous Navigation at Sea, in the Air and in Space
Copyright
Copyright © The Royal Institute of Navigation 1973

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