(Ebook) Maritime Transportation: Safety Management and Risk Analysis by Stein Haugen, Svein Kristiansen ISBN 9780367518578, 0367518570

(Ebook) Maritime Transportation: Safety Management and Risk Analysis by Stein Haugen, Svein Kristiansen ISBN 9780367518578, 0367518570

The environmental and human costs of marine accidents are high, and risksare considerable. At the same time, expectations from society for the safetyof maritime transportation, like most other activities, increase continuously.To meet these expectations, systematic methods for understandingand managing the risks in a cost-efficient manner are needed. This bookprovides readers with an understanding of how to approach this problem.Firmly set within the context of the maritime industry, systematic methodsfor safety management and risk assessment are described. The legalframework and the risk picture within the maritime industry provide necessarycontext. Safety management is a continuous and wide-ranging process,with a set of methods and tools to support the process. The book providesguidance on how to approach safety management, with many examplesfrom the maritime industry to illustrate practical use.This extensively revised new edition addresses the needs of studentsand professionals working in shipping management, ship design and navalarchitecture, and transport management, as well as safety management,insurance, and accident investigation.