Techniques for Ship Handling and Bridge Team Management

Dr. Hiroaki Kobayashi is Professor Emeritus at the Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology, and is past president of a number of academic institutes in Japan and several international maritime institutes. He has developed a number of standard training courses on bridge team management and instructor training courses on maritime education which have been authorized by Class NK, a member of the International Association of Classification Societies.

• PART I Techniques for Ship Handling Preface 1 Factors in Achieving Safe Navigation 2 Analysis of Techniques for Ship Handling 3 Inadequate Knowledge and Competency Often Observed in Inexperienced Seafarers 4 Significance and Use of Elemental Technique Development Postscript PART II Bridge Team Management Preface 5 Techniques Necessary for Safe Navigation 6 Factors in Achieving Safe Navigation 7 Background of Bridge Team Management 8 Bridge Team Management Postscript PART III Bridge Team Management/Bridge Resource Management Training Preface 9 Training System 10 Bridge Team Management Training Structure 11 Bridge Team Management Training Examples