Abstract
Safety at sea has to be seen in perspective and in relation to other hazards, and its risk analysis is as yet a relatively inexact discipline. An examination of risks and the causes of marine accidents shows that some of the more popular notions of safety at sea, and hence measures proposed to improve matters, are not necessarily always correct. Particular problems arise from the uniquely international and diversified nature of sea transport, it long history, as well as its earlier traditions of risk and freebooting adventure. For the moment progress lies more with improvements to, and proper enforcement of, adequate procedures relating to the construction, maintenance and operation of ships at sea, rather than with purely technological solutions.
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