by Asger C. Schliemann-Haug, Lead Data Scientist, Lloyd´s Register.
Throughout the history ships have relied on the watchful eyes of the seafarers. Todays watchkeepers have become highly reliant on human-machine interaction.
Sensors and other control elements work continuously to detect degradations or abnormalities and alert any to the watchkeeping officer typically by the provisioning of brightly coloured and noisy alarms, engineered to immediately attract the attention of any human in its vicinity.
Crews keep vessels safe not because nothing goes wrong, but because they continuously recognize, absorb, and adapt to disruptions. Alarms are meant to protect operations – yet onboard vessels they can also compete for attention, drive mode confusion, and push decision-making toward fast, habitual responses.
Human Factors design problem: How do we set people up for success (or failure) through technology, procedures, organization, and context.Introduction: Despite extensive investment in alarms during the construction of modern ships, little evidence exists as to whether engineering crews can actually respond to them.
So, does the design of modern ships allow seafaring engineers to respond effectively to alarms? and if not, what can we do to ensure that it does going forward?
From the meeting: Alarm Management - the alarm overload challenge and its impact on day-to-day operations
Captions are AI-generated
