Common Distractions on Bridge
- Cell/Mobile phones
- Personal electronic devices (computers/tablets)
- Alarms
- ECDIS
- GMDSS
- AIS
- Radar/ARPA
- Social conversation
- External communications (VHF/UHF)
- Internal communications (UHF/phone)
- Paperwork
- Fatigue/sleep
- Music/podcasts/audiobooks
NTSB Most Wanted (2018-2019)
UK P&I – Technical Bulletin – Distractions on the Bridge – 2006
NTSB – Caribbean Sea / DUKW 34 Collision – June 2010
NTSB asks USCG to review cell phones’ role in accidents
American P&I – A Sea of Distractions by Danielle Centeno
North P&I – Mobile Phones – A Hazard to Navigation? (2017)
UKMAIB – Seatruck Progress – Fatality-Struck by Vehicle-Distractions – May 2019
CHIRP Maritime – Sea of Distractions (2021).
UNITeam Marine – Fatal Distractions 2
Sterile Cockpit/Bridge