Dr. Martin Ziarati¹ Prof. Dr. Reza Ziarati² ¹Centre For factories of The Future ²TUDEV Institute of Maritime Studies IMLA 19 – 28 th September – 1 st October 2011 – Opatija/Rijeka, Croatia

 IMO MSC 82 Meeting – Role of Human factors in accidents at sea  Deficiencies in maritime education and training for training seafarers for emergency situations  Lack of training in Full mission simulation in emergency situation  Necessity of E-Learning platform for emergency situation

 M’aider (Mayday) Project (Maritime Aids Development for Emergency Responses)  M’aider project will improve safety at sea and ports with a set of training courses based on intelligent scenarios developed for application in full mission simulators as well as in e-learning environment

To improve safety at sea and at ports by identifying emergency situations known so far and create knowledge-based scenarios for training of seafarers at officer level and higher ranks. To develop intelligent exercises based on scenarios created for application in full mission simulators. To transfer the knowledge that already exists in the form of a software suite together with an existing internet e-learning/assessment to integrate the scenarios

1.C4FF, Centre for factories of the Future Ltd,education, training and research company,U.K. 2.Strathclyde University, dpt of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering, U.K. 3.TUDEV, Maritime Training centre, Turkey 4.MIWB, Maritime Instituut Willem Barentz, Maritime Higher education institution, Netherlands 5.LMA, Lithuanian Maritime Academy, Maritime Higher educational institution, Lithuania 6.Spinaker d.o.o Maritime VET and adult education provider, SME, Slovenia 7.IDEC S.A, Maritime Training centre, Greece

The most frequent emergency situations are identified and analysed  Maritime Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) accidents case database is analysed Gaps and needs of current seafarers and students training are identified  A Questionnaire developed Real case scenarios into Bridge simulator training programmes as well as for e-learning platform are selected and implemented

Methodology Analysis of accident reports Analysis of the results of the questionnaire Select real accident emergency scenarios Create scenarios for application on bridge training and full mission bridge simulators

Source : MAIB Database of between and

Methodology of WP 2  Analysis of accident reports  Analysis of the results of the questionnaire  Select real accident emergency scenarios Methodology of WP 2  Analysis of accident reports  Analysis of the results of the questionnaire  Select real accident emergency scenarios

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8 emergency real case scenarios were chosen for implementation on bridge simulators and on e-learning platform Implementation of a scenario for seafarer training. The scenario was based on a real accident Scot Isles / Wadi Halfa, which happened in 2008 in Dover Strait.

Click video to initiate scenario simulation between Scot Isles and Wadi Halfa

Click video to see the test between Scot Isles and Wadi Halfa

What is being done is the transformation of several accident investigation reports into a set of scenarios based on real life cases. It is expected that there will be less accidents and incidents which can be very costly in human life, injuries caused and in loss of property. The project will also help MET institutions who do not have access to the full- mission simulators by being able to use the e-learning exercises which can be used instead of the full-mission simulator scenarios or to complement them

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