Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
13th Annual General Assembly of the International Association of Maritime Universities - Expanding Frontiers: Challenges and Opportunities in Maritime Education and Training, AGA-IAMU 2012, St. John's, Kanada, 15 - 17 Ekim 2012, ss.123-136
© AGA-IAMU 2012. All rights reserved.Efficient and safe navigation requires the systematic management of numerous socio-technical system components such as personnel, information, procedures, equipment and facilities. Electronic navigational systems are becoming a focal sub-system for appraisal, planning, execution and monitoring steps of safe and efficient navigation. As a resu lt of high level integration and interaction between navigation components on a unique ECDIS display, the quantity and complexity of data and information available to the Officer of Watch (OOW) is dramatically increased. An important part of an OOW's job is developing Situation Awareness (SA) and keeping it up to date in a rapidly changing dynamic environment and ECDIS can play an important role in improving and maintaining SA of the OOW and the whole bridge team. The aim of this study is determine the relation between ECDIS and SA as it is perceived by the maritime officers. A questionnaire was applied to officers and masters to determine the reliab ility of existing ECDIS technology, the impact of the introduction of ECDIS on preventing collis ions and groundings and the navigational skills of the OOW and SA from the users' perspective. 82.5 % of the respondents agreed and strongly agreed that "ECDIS improves SA of the OOW". The results show positive correlations between the role ofECDIS on improving SA and the effect of ECDIS on prevention of collisions and groundings as it perceived by the maritime officers. It is also concluded that respondents are generally favorable towards the introduction of ECDIS but there are still some objections related to the reliability and complexity of the systems and readiness of the operators.