Formal Safety Assessment: A Critical Review

Formal Safety Assessment (FSA) is the premier scientific method that is currently being used for the analysis of maritime safety and for the formulation of related regulatory policy. This paper conducts a critical review of the FSA methodology and proposes ways to improve it. All steps of the FSA ap...

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Published inMarine Technology and SNAME News Vol. 46; no. 1; pp. 45 - 59
Main Authors Kontovas, Christos A, Psaraftis, Harilaos N
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York Society of Naval Architects & Marine Engineers 01.01.2009
Subjects
Decision making
Fatalities
Maritime industry
Regulation
Rules
Safety management
Ship accidents & safety
Shipping industry
United States > US
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Summary:Formal Safety Assessment (FSA) is the premier scientific method that is currently being used for the analysis of maritime safety and for the formulation of related regulatory policy. This paper conducts a critical review of the FSA methodology and proposes ways to improve it. All steps of the FSA approach are looked at, and possible pitfalls or other deficiencies are identified. Then proposals are made to alleviate such deficiencies, with a view to achieve a more transparent and objective approach. The results of this paper may be useful if a revision of the FSA guidelines is contemplated along these lines. Recent International Maritime Organizations (IMO) developments are also described.
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ISSN:0025-3316
1542-0566
DOI:10.5957/mtsn.2009.46.1.45