A maritime safety on-board decision support system to enhance emergency evacuation on ferryboats
Maritime Policy and Management, vol.46, no.4, pp.410-435, 2019 (SSCI, Scopus)
- Publication Type: Article / Article
- Volume: 46 Issue: 4
- Publication Date: 2019
- Doi Number: 10.1080/03088839.2019.1571644
- Journal Name: Maritime Policy and Management
- Journal Indexes: Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus
- Page Numbers: pp.410-435
- Keywords: decision support system, emergency evacuation, ferryboat, Marine transportation, simulation
- Open Archive Collection: Article
- Azerbaijan State University of Economics (UNEC) Affiliated: Yes
Abstract
Planning emergency evacuation operations in a proactive manner in public marine transportation systems is a critical success factor for passenger and crew safety. Despite the fact that there is a growing attention on safety issues for marine transportation systems, providing a real-time decision support for evacuation planning under different emergency conditions has not yet been addressed. In this context, this paper contributes to the related literature by providing a comprehensive methodology including simulation and statistical analysis along with a three-module decision support system (DSS) for ferryboat emergency evacuation. Emergency evacuation and fire environment are simulated via Maritime EXODUS V5.1 and SMARTFIRE V4.3, respectively. The methodology is applied to a real-life Ro-Ro ferry, and the results not only revealed significant factors on emergency evacuation performance, but also demonstrated the validity of the developed decision support system.