• The contribution of Vessel Traffic Services to safe coexistence between automated and conventional vessels 

      Relling, Tore; Lützhöft, Margareta; Ostnes, Runar; Hildre, Hans Petter (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      The maritime industry could face major changes the coming decade. Technology development opens for new ways of operating vessels and autonomy is argued to revolutionise design and operations. However, despite a large focus ...
    • Formative assessment in maritime simulator-based higher education 

      Karahalil, Meric; Lützhöft, Margareta; Scanlan, Joel (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Assessment in maritime simulator-based education has traditionally been informal and subjective based on instructor experience. Recent research suggests that a more objective and formal approach could be beneficial. Formative ...
    • Human-Centred Autonomous Shipping 

      Lützhöft, Margareta; Earthy, Jonathan (Book, 2023)
      Tracing the development of autonomous and automated shipping from a hype of unmanned ships to a more realistic use of automation to augment humans in maritime operations, this book shows why human factors and human-centred ...
    • “Seafarers should be navigating by the stars”: barriers to usability in ship bridge design 

      Danielsen, Brit-Eli; Lützhöft, Margareta; Haavik, Torgeir Kolstø; Johnsen, Stig Ole; Porathe, Thomas (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Navigating a ship is a complex task that requires close interaction between navigators and technology available on the ship’s bridge. The quality of this interaction depends on human and organisational factors, but also ...
    • Simultaneous tasks as a contributory factor to maritime accidents: A socio-cultural approach 

      Rajapakse, Asanka; Emad, Gholam Reza; Lützhöft, Margareta; Grech, Michelle (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Analyses of accident investigation reports show that attempting to simultaneously perform tasks onboard ships to manage workload has led to many accidents at sea. These accident reports point out that seafarers fail to ...
    • Still Unresolved After All These Years: Human-Technology Interaction in the Maritime Domain 

      Danielsen, Brit-Eli; Lützhöft, Margareta; Porathe, Thomas (Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2021)
      Over the last decades there has been a steady increase in digitalized products, applications and services introduced to ship’s bridges with the intent to reduce workload and increase safety. However, new technology come ...