WHY SHIPS SINK SO OFTEN - THE HUMAN FACTOR IN MARITIME SAFETY

VAKHTANG TAVBERIDZE

Batumi Navigation Teaching University Professor, Head of the Department of Navigation, Captain of Poti Port,

Georgia Batumi

E-mail: v.tavberidze@bntu.edu.ge

http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7323-5570

Abstract

The article analyzes the extremely important question in the modern maritime industry as to why, what factors cause ships to sink, what are its underlying causes. Analyzed by years of unfortunate experience in a century of ultra-modern technology and aerospace materials, ships are still sinking. Modern cruise liners are much larger than they have ever been. Their pursuit of unforgettable impressions is based on the principle "the more the better". But some experts believe that they are so large that sinking one ship could cost the lives of 1,000 people. But such is the nature of the maritime industry, when a catastrophe occurs it takes on gigantic proportions.

True late, the cruise industry has begun to review maritime safety issues, taking into account the mistakes of the past. However, as they say, time shows ...