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The Role of Information Technology in Maritime Education for Hazard Avoidance

Maritime transport is an important aspect of the economy of every maritime state and this needs safety and efficiency. It is well known that one of the major factors of accident prevention is the perfect theoretical and practical knowledge which can help to reduce risk of accidents at sea and at port terminals, collisions and loss of ships, cargo, human lives and protects the environment. There are numbers of different tools and systems, which are used to satisfy these demands. Our forefathers have sailed using paper charts and sextant, today we use radar, ARPA, GPS, nautical charts and publications. In this paper, a review of how information techniques have been applied to help and improve the education of marine engineers presented. We report about a teaching experience for a group of graduate students and how new technology of modeling and decision making (Petri nets, genetic algorithms) bas been applied. All these are very effective for improving the engineers and officers' management experiences and operation skills in emergency situation. But for cadets who were lack of practical experiences, they had to spend most part of terms to learn theoretical courses and got course’ s marks on land. In order to meet the challenge of modern maritime development, the responsibility education is to produce a great many talents with ideas and work abilities. This paper’ s conclusion is that the use of computer simulation - interactive programs in maritime education results in increased emergency preparedness and in consequence, leads to hazard mitigation and reduces the risk of human error in the operation and maintenance of marine equipment.

computer based training; risk of human error; computer simulation-interactive programs; modern information technology

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