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One of the most important aims of this paper is to identify the current idea of safety culture, and to present authors’ understanding of safety culture, how it may be comprehended and perceived, and what benefit it can bring for improving safety at sea. This article discusses the human role in this aspect, namely, who fulfils their responsibilities (work, service, duty) which are connected in a wide understanding of maritime Industry (both at sea and on land). The preliminary analysis of the concepts of safety culture, which has been carried out, points clearly to the human factor (which has a direct impact on the shape and meaning of safety culture) as one of the main links which connects multidimensional maritime safety, environmental protection and safety of life at sea.

Safety Culture in the Management System of Safe Exploitation of the Ship and Pollution Prevention

Maritime Technical Journal

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One of the most important aims of this paper is to identify the current idea of safety culture, and to present authors’ understanding of safety culture, how it...

Safety Culture in the Management System of Safe Exploitation of the Ship and Pollution Prevention

Publié en ligne: 30 juin 2016

Pages: 45 - 60

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5604/0860889x.1219969

Mots clés
safety of navigation, safety of sea areas, maritime accidents, safety culture, maritime accidents prevention.

© 2018

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Safety Culture in the Management System of Safe Exploitation of the Ship and Pollution Prevention

Publié en ligne: 30 juin 2016

Pages: 45 - 60

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5604/0860889x.1219969

Mots cléssafety of navigation, safety of sea areas, maritime accidents, safety culture, maritime accidents prevention.

© 2018

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Mots clés
safety of navigation, safety of sea areas, maritime accidents, safety culture, maritime accidents prevention.