A maritime safety on-board decision support system to enhance emergency evacuation on ferryboats. Issue 4 (19th May 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Sarvari, Peiman Alipour; Cevikcan, Emre; Celik, Metin; Ustundag, Alp; Ervural, Bilal
• Is Part Of: Maritime policy & management. Volume 46:Issue 4(2019)
• Page Start: 410
• Page End: 435
• Publication Date: 2019-05-19
• Subjects: Marine transportation -- ferryboat -- emergency evacuation -- simulation -- decision support system; Marine resources -- Periodicals; Shipping -- Management -- Periodicals; Policy sciences -- Periodicals; 333.9164
• DOI: 10.1080/03088839.2019.1571644
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0308-8839

Abstract

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.