HE00670 - Perceptions of Risk in the Maritime Industry: Ship Casualty

The aim of this report is to consider perceptions of risk with regard to ship casualty amongst the various occupational groups across the maritime industry.

The analysis presented here is in two parts. The first considers perceptions of risk relating to ship level event (fire, collision with another vessel, explosion, sinking, grounding and contact with a fixed structure) in relation to the likelihood of an incident occurring within respondents' present, or most recent, company. The second considers perceptions of risk in relation to ship level incidents as they were perceived to exist more generally across the industry. The data were then investigated to determine whether there are similarities and differences in the perceptions of seafarers across rank, department, nationality, experience, etc.