Aboa Mare Students' Understanding on VHF Radio Agreements Against the COLREGS
Niiranen, Sami (2022)
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2022060615686
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2022060615686
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The aim of this thesis is to find out how maritime students at Aboa Mare react in a situation, where someone suggests a VHF radio agreement against the COLREGS rules. This is examined in a real-life exercise in ship bridge simulator, highlighting the risk of misunderstandings on radio in collision avoidance. Background information of the eleven participants were gathered via questionnaire. This data was analyzed along with the results of the simulator test by checking the existence of any statistically significant factors explaining the outcome.
Many accident investigation reports have concluded misuse of VHF-radio as a cause. Statistics show also that the human element is a major factor in maritime incidents. The findings of this work revealed one statistically significant factor, which explained the outcome. Students, who have used a handheld radio more often at school, were able to avoid poor communication and chance of misunderstanding in the test. The group of the students in this research was very small due to restrictions of covid-19 pandemic and time limitation. Further research with larger sampling is recommended.
Many accident investigation reports have concluded misuse of VHF-radio as a cause. Statistics show also that the human element is a major factor in maritime incidents. The findings of this work revealed one statistically significant factor, which explained the outcome. Students, who have used a handheld radio more often at school, were able to avoid poor communication and chance of misunderstanding in the test. The group of the students in this research was very small due to restrictions of covid-19 pandemic and time limitation. Further research with larger sampling is recommended.