The future of maritime safety will not be determined by a choice between people and technology but will instead depend on how effectively the industry combines them. Capt. Naoki Saito, General Manager
The future of maritime safety will not be determined by a choice between people and technology but will instead depend on how effectively the industry combines them. Capt. Naoki Saito, General Manager and Head of the Cyber Security Ship Management Systems Department, ClassNK fully acknowledges the critical place mandatory procedures occupy in upholding consistent maritime safety, and their role in preserving knowledge from operational experience. Mandatory procedures also ensure clarity on who is responsible for what, he says.
In real operating conditions, ships and personnel need to be ready to respond when things don’t go as anticipated. Changing weather conditions, anomalies in equipment behavior, incomplete information and conflicting commercial and operational priorities can bring safety challenges.
While procedures provide structure, having the competence and resilience to respond to unpredicted events remains a matter for seafarers, superintendents and shore-based managers, says Capt. Saito. “After all, a vessel can satisfy formal requirements and yet performing poorly, while a company can satisfy requirements on documentation without identifying weaknesses in its actual operations.”
The wider use of real-time data is benefiting safety by making operational performance more visible, with AI strengthening the industry’s ability to identify risks and recognize emerging patterns, he adds. “Patterns
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