Improving the understanding of the human factors in the current and future digitalized maritime environment to increase maritime safety
September 2021
Human XFactor at Sea
The human element has been identified as the major contributing factor to accidents and incidents within the maritime domain. The project aims to identify the main gaps and challenges related to the human factor in maritime safety. Based on this, a workplan to a full-scale project will be developed to improve understanding of the human factor and investigate the reasons behind the continuously high share of human action related accidents, find solutions and make recommendations to decrease these accident events.
Budgets
PARTNERS
Town: TURKU
Country: Finland
Approximate total partner budget in EUR:
15.000,00
Town: Ljungbyhed
Country: Sweden
Approximate total partner budget in EUR:
12.500,00
Town: Tallinn
Country: Estonia
Approximate total partner budget in EUR:
10.000,00
Town: Gothenburg
Country: Sweden
Approximate total partner budget in EUR:
12.500,00
CONTACTS
Project manager
Centre for Maritime Studies, University of Turku
Kirsi Laitio
+358 407 799 483
Communication manager
Centre for Maritime Studies, University of Turku
Kirsi Laitio
+358 407 799 483