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Autonomy & the Seafarer

While the technology to facilitate autonomous shipping matures, many questions remain, led by the size, shape and role of the Future Mariner. The MarTID 2019 Survey aims to shed some light.

The Maritime Training Insights Data- • What are the global trends in training The ? rst section of the survey will administrators, maritime training experts base steering group has announced the budgets? focus on collecting benchmark data and seafarers. The 2019 survey will be upcoming launch of the 2019 MarTID • What is the average training amount tracked annually, revealing trends in core followed by a series of publicly-avail- survey, which this year focuses on the spent per seafarer? training issues. These include training able reports, broadly published. These trend toward autonomous vessel opera- • What training technologies are con- budgets, training models, training staff- reports will provide both high-level and tions and its impact on training current sidered effective and which training ing, the use of technology, major training deep-dive information covering both and future mariners. MarTID is a non- models are growing in their adoption? initiatives, and seafarer demographics. broad trends as well as deep coverage of commercial, joint initiative of the World • How con? dent are vessel operators The second section will focus on this the 2019 special topic.

Maritime University, Marine Learn- and training centers in the training meth- year’s special topic: the impact of au- ing Systems and New Wave Media. Its ods they employ? tonomous vessel operations on maritime Take the Survey core principles include ethical integrity, All of these and much more are an- training. It would be hard to identify a Although this initiative has been objectivity and con? dentiality. It was swered in the 2018 Training Practices maritime industry topic which is receiv- founded and run by the three partner launched in 2018 with the completion Report. With the information in the an- ing more attention than the move toward organizations, it requires community in- of the inaugural survey and publication nual MarTID reports, training leaders an increasing level of autonomous op- volvement to succeed. You will be hear- of the 2018 Training Practices Report are able to benchmark their own results, erations. Differences in data collection, ing more about the 2019 MarTID survey (which can be found at www.MarTID. learning from the successes and failures decision support, bridge manning levels, in the coming weeks and months, but org). of others, rather than independently in- and human involvement in navigation right now, we need your help. Speci? -

This MarTID initiative is an important venting and designing their own training will all greatly impact the need for and cally: one, the ? rst of its kind in the world. approach in isolation. the type of training required. This trend

There is broad agreement that roughly has already begun to impact operations • If you work at a vessel operator/ 80% of maritime accidents involve hu- The 2019 MarTID Survey and the need for training. If the auto- manager or maritime training facil- man factors causes. As such, vessel op- The 2019 survey, to be launched in the mobile industry is any predictor of how ity, please make your senior training erators and maritime training centers are fall of 2018 and closed early in 2019, quickly this might move, then it is in- administrator aware of this important pouring signi? cant resources into creat- is designed to further the mission of cumbent upon maritime training profes- survey by sharing this article with them.

ing best practice and innovative training MarTID: to provide a global picture of sionals to consider the emerging needs programs. The MarTID database, which maritime training that is not currently deeply and without delay. The 2019 • If you are a senior training adminis- will grow in breadth and depth annually, available. While last year’s survey was MarTID survey will enable this process trator of a vessel operator/manager or shines a bright light on the training ap- designed to collect a broad set of foun- with data upon which decisions can be training facility, a maritime administra- proaches and successes of global vessel dational training data, this year’s survey made and will explore the perspectives tor, or a seafarer, we need you to complete operators and training centers, such as: will be shorter and consist of two foci. of vessel operators/managers, maritime a survey on behalf of your organization.

Pictured: Rolls-Royce Marine has been on the leading edge of technology development for autonomous shipping. 42 Maritime Reporter & Engineering News • NOVEMBER 2018

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