This book deals with human error in the maritime industry. It places maritime officers and teams as well as technology and designers in focus and aims at explaining the psychological processes behind behaviour that may result in human error.

While technology is rapidly advancing, we humans stay pretty much the same and it is therefore important to learn more about our way of functioning and our certainty to commit errors under certain conditions. This book also contains in-depthanalysis of some major accidents at sea where human error played a significant part.

The book is intended for maritime professionals, shipowners, management companies, accident investigators, pilots, maritime officers and as a textbook in human error and human performance for cadets at maritime academies.


Bengt Schager is a maritime psychologist and has been working as a consultant for the shipping industry for the past twenty years. He holds a master's degree in psychology from the University of Lund, Sweden.