Assessment on the Impact of Pilot Nationality to Safety Performance

Abstract

The purpose of the present study was to assess the impact of pilot nationality to safety performance of the bridge team under pilotage operations. In order to address this, a simulation experiment was conducted to compare homogeneous teams and heterogeneous teams. The main task of the bridge team was to safely navigate the vessel. In addition, a proposed safety assessment framework based on safety performance indicators was formulated as a tool for the assessment. The result showed that heterogeneous teams performed better than homogeneous teams. Nevertheless, this did not necessarily indicate that heterogeneous teams performed the task in a safer manner than homogeneous teams. Furthermore, the impact of nationality to safety performance of the bridge team was inconclusive. Therefore, further research is needed.