Maritime safety as part of and overlapping with
water safety is concerned with the protection of life (
search and rescue) and
property
Property is a system of rights that gives people legal control of valuable things, and also refers to the valuable things themselves. Depending on the nature of the property, an owner of property may have the right to consume, alter, share, re ...
through regulation, management and technology development of all forms of
waterborne transportation. The executive institutions are the national and transnational
maritime administrations.
maritime accidents, while characterized by a level of
safety of the order of 10
−5 (1 serious accident per 100,000 movements), which is only slightly inferior to that of the field of
air transportation (10
−6) are a significant source of
risk for
insurance companies,
transport companies and property owners. Beyond that, of course, ship owners and maritime institutions have to ensure that casualties at sea (mostly by
drowning) are kept to the possible minimum. Organizational and
human factors are critical antecedents to accidents such as
MV Prestige,
Herald of Free Enterprise,
MS Sleipner,
MS Estonia,
Bow Mariner and
Hoegh Osaka as well as the infamous
Titanic.
Institutions
For a complete list, see
:Maritime safety organizations
Europe
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European Maritime Safety Agency
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Maritime Gendarmerie
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Danish Maritime Safety Administration
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Norwegian Maritime Authority
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Maritime Safety and Rescue Society
Asia
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China Maritime Safety Administration
Africa
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South African Maritime Safety Authority
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Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency
Americas
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United States Coast Guard
Systems
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Global Maritime Distress and Safety System
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Maritime Safety and Security Information System
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SeaVision
See also
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Active Shipbuilding Experts' Federation
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Maritime security
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Maritime Safety and Security Team
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Marine safety
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Maritime Awareness Global Network
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Maritime domain awareness
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HNS Convention
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William Alden Smith
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International Safety Management Code
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Life vest
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Coast guard
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Drowning
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Lighthouse
References
Literature
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* {{cite book , last=Oltedal , first=Helle , title=Managing maritime safety , publisher=Routledge , publication-place=London , year=2018 , isbn=978-0-203-71297-9 , oclc=1021303983