The goal of our research program 'Safe Operations and Human Factors' is to develop and optimise complex maritime operations at sea and to set up training programs to develop the required skills for executing these operations.

We take the viewpoint of the user, the nautical professional, e.g. a captain of a container vessel, a maritime pilot, mooring master or an inland vessel skipper. We create a realistic environment in our Full Mission Bridge simulator which allows us to study the performance of a crew in specific scenarios. These can be a future situation with new automation concepts, the current operation with a new ship or the study of a new port layout. Also accident investigations are part of our portfolio.