Sponsorship leading page_p1-14.qxd 19/11/2017 10:53 Page 1 December 2017 / January 2018 ECDIS systems are IN THIS ISSUE ‘not intuitive to use’ – MAIB satcoms Despite the range of technological aids to navigation available onboard Antenna installation modern...
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Sponsorship leading page_p1-14.qxd 19/11/2017 10:53 Page 1 December 2017 / January 2018 ECDIS systems are IN THIS ISSUE ‘not intuitive to use’ – MAIB satcoms Despite the range of technological aids to navigation available onboard Antenna installation modern vessels, accidents continue to happen – with incident investigators ‘smartglasses’ under suggesting that some systems have not been designed with the watchkeeper’s development – 2 requirements in mind T he accident investigation Maritime satcom report from the UK MAIB ‘hacks’ offer important (Marine Accident Investiga- lessons – 10 tion Branch) into the grounding of the bulk carrier Muros in December 2016 has pointed to improper use of ECDIS Is shipping ready as a contributory factor to the inci- for the Big Data dent, with the investigators noting revolution? – 12 that the number of similar incidents they have encountered in recent years has led them to the conclusion that software previous generations of the technolo- gy have not
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