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... 55 were made, as identified by the operator or as found during the survey, one of the proposed methods of lightweight measurement can be performed. If no changes or only minor changes are confirmed, then there should be no need to carry out a measurement at that time.
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... 56 rules. Since there are many national maritime regulations that exist throughout the world to describe and assess in detail, this section will focus on the continental European comprehensive regulations.
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... 57 criteria (Level 1) and ends with a direct stability assessment using numerical simulation or physical model testing (Level 3)
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... 58 periodic stability inspections or lightweight surveys. Such data for stability purposes are not readily available.
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... 59 Investigation Board, 2018) ; and the European Maritime Safety Agency (2018)
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... 60 Vessel Yawl/Pitch/Roll/Heel 5 5 Explosion 1 3 1 5 Cargo/Fuel Transfer/Shift 4 4 Damage to Cargo 2 2 Capsize 1 1 2 Well Blowout 1 1 Personnel Casualty -- Injury 1 1 Total 1,843 1,907 1,386 629 5,765 SOURCE: Table 7 from USCG-PVA Quality Partnership Draft Annual Report, October 2016.
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... 61 as is available in other countries and venues (Storgård, Erdogan, Lappalainen, and Tapaninen, 2012)
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... 62 review of available paper and electronic sources, additional searches to confirm the events, and requests for additional information, to ensure that the entire event chain was captured. Because marine casualty and stability datasets can be incomplete, conflicting, missing, or inaccurate, data validation and resolution may require search and compilation of data sources not only from maritime safety sources, but also from vessel, traffic, transit, meteorological, charting, and geographic sources, as well as from other national, regional or provincial, state, local, public, or private sources.
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... 63 Oceanographic Real Time System (PORTS®) 20 installed, PORTS® data could be a primary source for historical waterway environmental data, such as water level, current, relative humidity, dew point, and visibility.
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... 64 and anticipating system and vessel performance through the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) and Shipyard 4.0 activities (Blanco-Novoa et al., 2018; Diaz-Casas et al., 2018)
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... 65 classifications, with each step in the chain analysis making the remaining data more balanced. The move to open-source data sets, and the integration of open-source, public, and private data sets, will result in additional accident and incident data analysis challenges (Grabowski et al., 2000; Kalyvas, Kokkos, and Tzouraminis, 2017)
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... 66 encourages USCG to work with industry advisory groups to see what guidance can be provided on board for vessel operators.
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... 67 Further research on this topic is needed to determine if the provision of this type of information is appropriate on board.
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... 68 carried out to ensure crew knowledge of where the closures are located and the circumstances in which they should be closed and to ensure fast and efficient action when the need for closure arises.
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... 69 References Anand, S., N Keren, M
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... 70 Kalyvas, C., A Kokkos, and T
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... 71 U.S. Committee on the Marine Transportation System.

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