Maritime Training: What Happens Between Seeing a Risk and Speaking Up

A vessel is approaching a berth. The bridge team has a passage plan, functioning equipment and experienced officers. Then one officer notices that the vessel is setting closer to the edge of the planned track than expected. The master is engaged with the pilot. The officer has the information, but pauses before speaking.

This is an illustrative situation, not a report of an incident. Its significance lies in a question that applies far beyond one bridge: how quickly does an observation become information that the whole team can use?

We spend considerable time and money teaching people the technical aspects of their roles. We should. But operational excellence also depends on what happens between recognizing a change and responding to it together. Knowledge held silently by one person cannot improve a decision made by another. The Part of Competence that is Easy to Miss

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