The article presents selected possibilities for acquiring and utilizing the knowledge of navigators for the analysis and assessment of navigational safety in restricted waters. The representation of the acquired knowledge in this area enables the implementation of safety assessment criteria in navigational information systems. This allows for a more comprehensive consideration of the human factor in decision-support processes for navigation.Ensuring the safety of people, ships, cargo, and the environment amidst increasing vessel traffic intensity is one of the fundamental tasks for both navigators operating ships and shore-based centers supervising and managing vessel traffic. Significant attention is paid to ships carrying hazardous cargo (tankers, gas carriers, chemical tankers), especially in restricted waters, including port approach areas, fairways, and port areas. The complexity of navigational situations and the amount of information associated with them constitute a potential source of human error, resulting in maritime accidents.
The basis for both safe ship operation and vessel traffic management is the correct analysis and assessment of the navigational situation in real-time (online).
Navigational safety assessment is also important in analyses and design work concerning the construction and modernization of waterways (off-line). (…)
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Source: Logistyka Magazine