Recent Findings from J.M. Mou and Co-Researchers Yields New Information on Risk Management (Vessel Traffic Safety In Busy Waterways: a Case Study of Accidents In Western Shenzhen Port)

2019 MAR 12 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Daily News -- Current study results on Risk Management have been published. According to news reporting from Hubei, People’s Republic of China, by NewsRx journalists, research stated, “Throughout the world, busy waterways near large ports witness heavy vessel traffic in recent decades. The waterways are characterized by high risk in terms of loss of life, property, and pollution to environment.”

Funders for this research include National Natural Science Fund of China, Wuhan University of Technology.

The news correspondents obtained a quote from the research, “To facilitate maritime safety management with satisfactory efficiency and efficacy, the authors propose a framework of safety indexes to evaluate the risk level in busy waterways according to the accident severity, fatality rate and special indicators of maritime transportation. The safety indexes consist of Safety Evaluation Index (SEI) and Safety Warning Index (SWI), and are derived from the proposed risk criteria of Chinese vessel traffic. As a case study, data on vessel traffic accidents reported in the Western Shenzhen Port, South China from 1995 to 2015 are analyzed. The actual risk level of this area during the period is calculated under the framework. The implementation of the safety indexes indicate that the risk criteria and safety indexes are practicable and effective for the vessel traffic management.”

According to the news reporters, the research concluded: “The methodology based on long-term accident data can significantly support the risk analysis in the macroscopic perspective for busy ports and waterways, such that SWI can act as threshold to trigger actions, while SEI can act as an indicator to measure safety status.”

For more information on this research see: Vessel Traffic Safety In Busy Waterways: a Case Study of Accidents In Western Shenzhen Port. Accident Analysis & Prevention, 2019;123():461-468. Accident Analysis & Prevention can be contacted at: Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd, The Boulevard, Langford Lane, Kidlington, Oxford OX5 1GB, England. (Elsevier - www.elsevier.com; Accident Analysis & Prevention - http://www.journals.elsevier.com/accident-analysis-and-prevention/)

Our news journalists report that additional information may be obtained by contacting J.M. Mou, Hubei Key Lab Inland Shipping Technol, Wuhan, Hubei, People’s Republic of China. Additional authors for this research include P.F. Chen, Y.X. He, T.L. Yip, W.H. Li, J. Tang and H.Z. Zhang.

The direct object identifier (DOI) for that additional information is: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aap.2016.07.037. This DOI is a link to an online electronic document that is either free or for purchase, and can be your direct source for a journal article and its citation.

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