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The AIS-Assisted Collision Avoidance

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 October 2009

Hua-Zhi Hsu*
Affiliation:
(National Kaohsiung Marine University, Taiwan)
Neil A. Witt
Affiliation:
(University of Plymouth, UK)
John B. Hooper
Affiliation:
(University of Plymouth, UK)
Anne P. McDermott
Affiliation:
(University of Plymouth, UK)

Abstract

Shipborne AIS provides independent traffic information to the bridge lookout on duty. This study examines the effect of AIS enhanced bridge lookout operation by means of a ship simulator. The two groups of participants, all qualified British deep sea deck officers, undertook identical simulation scenarios, but one group had the AIS on and the other did not. Significant differences were found between the two groups in reading the targets' privileged status and handling the head-on situation. Those with AIS information were found to avoid possible collisions faster than the group for whom AIS information was not available.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © The Royal Institute of Navigation 2009

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