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MarTID 2019

Autonomous Operations and the Future Mariner

By Michael Manuel, Associate Professor, Head - Maritime, Education and Training (World Maritime University);

Murray Goldberg, President and CEO (Marine Learning Systems); and Greg Trauthwein, Editor & Associate Publisher (New Wave Media) he second annual global Maritime Training than the move toward an increasing level of autono-

Insights Database survey examines the im- mous operations. Differences in data collection, de- pact of the autonomy trend in maritime op- cision support, bridge manning levels, and human

Terations on the training of future “seafarers” involvement in navigation will all greatly impact the

The Maritime Training Insights Database (MarTID) need for and the type of training required. This trend steering group is pleased to announce the upcoming has already begun to impact operations and the need for launch of the 2019 MarTID survey, which this year training. If the automobile industry is any predictor of focuses on the trend toward autonomous vessel opera- how quickly this might move, then it is incumbent upon tions and its impact on training current and future mari- maritime training professionals to consider the emerg-

MARITIME TRAINING SURVEY ners. ing needs deeply and without delay. The 2019 MarTID

MarTID is a non-commercial, joint initiative of the survey will enable this process with data upon which

World Maritime University, New Wave Media and decisions can be made and will explore the perspectives

Marine Learning Systems. Its core principles include of vessel operators/managers, maritime administrators, ethical integrity, objectivity and con? dentiality. It was maritime training experts and seafarers.

launched in 2018 with the completion of the inaugural survey and publication of the 2018 Training Practices

The MarTID 2019 Survey

Report (which can be found at www.MarTID.org). The steering group takes this opportunity to thank again the As was the case in 2018, the 2019 survey will be fol- many respondents to the ? rst survey. lowed by a series of publicly-available reports, broadly

This MarTID initiative is an important one, the ? rst published. These reports will provide both high-level of its kind in the world. There is broad agreement that and deep-dive information covering both broad trends roughly 80% of maritime accidents involve human fac- as well as deep coverage of the 2019 special topic. We tors causes. As such, vessel operators and maritime believe that these reports will grow to be a highly an- training centers are pouring signi? cant resources into ticipated source of information each year. creating best practice and innovative training programs.

RESOURCES

The MarTID database, which will grow in breadth and

Your Opinion Matters depth annually, shines a bright light on the training ap- • Read the 2018 Report proaches and successes of global vessel operators and Although this initiative was founded and run by the http://digitalmagazines.marinelink.com/ training centers. For example: three partner organizations, it requires community in- NWM/Others/MarTID2018/html5forpc.html • What are the global trends in training budgets? volvement to succeed. You will be hearing more about • What is the average training amount spent per sea- the 2019 MarTID survey in the coming weeks and • V isit the MarTID Website farer? months, but right now, we need your help. Speci? cally: http://scholar.wmu.se/martid • What training technologies are considered effec- • If you work at a vessel operator/manager or mari- tive and which training models are growing in their time training facility, please make your senior • W atch the Video adoption? training administrator aware of this important sur- Murray Goldberg talks MarTID on MR TV: • How con? dent are vessel operators and training vey by sharing this article with them.

www.marinelink.com/videos/video/ centers in the training methods they employ? • If you are a senior training administrator of a ves- murray-goldberg-discusses-martid-100167 sel operator/manager or training facility, a mari-

All of these and much more are answered in the time administrator, or a seafarer, we need you to • P articipate: Your Opinion Matters! 2018 Training Practices Report. complete a survey on behalf of your organization. T o take the survey, e: [email protected]

With the information in the annual MarTID reports, Please send your contact information to info@ training leaders are able to benchmark their own re- MarTID.org and we will reach out to you early in sults, learning from the successes and failures of others, November once the 2019 survey is launched.

survey was designed to collect a broad set of founda- rather than independently inventing and designing their tional training data, this year’s survey will be shorter own training approach in isolation. We believe that the annual collection and analyses of and consist of two foci.

Without the ability to monitor and measure past ef- training data will help the global maritime community

The ? rst section of the survey will focus on collect- forts - to learn from the approaches others have tried ing benchmark data tracked annually, revealing trends gain insights that can lead to enhanced policy-setting, - trainers cannot continually improve. The annual Mar- in core training issues. These include training budgets, decision-making, benchmarking and operational opti-

TID survey and report is designed to enable this con- mization by industry operators and regulatory authori- training models, training staf? ng, the use of technology, tinual improvement in maritime training. ties at all levels. We hope that the survey data and its major training initiatives, and seafarer demographics.

The 2019 survey, to be launched in the fall of 2018 The second section will focus on this year’s special analyses will become an important and authoritative and closed early in 2019, is designed to further the mis- topic: the impact of autonomous vessel operations on source of knowledge for the global maritime commu- sion of MarTID: to provide a global picture of maritime nity. Therefore, we thank you in advance for contribut- maritime training. It would be hard to identify a mari- training that is not currently available. While last year’s time industry topic which is receiving more attention ing to this important body of knowledge.

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