• Bhoopathy Bhaskaran
• Dr. D. Rajasekar

Ocean is much enourmous. It gives us many wealth and prospects. Shipping is one of the most promosing industries from ancient times. However, shipping through marine vessels is having high risks due to unofreseen accidents. A small mistake by a crew member may lead to big maritime accident and cause huge economic loss. Systematic maritime trade has come into commercial front since the early 19th century. During the early 19th century many sefety equipments and control equipments were developed for safe and efficient shipping throuh marine vessels. Meterological forecasting and meterological techniques have largely contributed to avoid any mishappening in the sea. However, the maritime accidents happening now and then are causing a searious concern over the growth of shipping industry. Maritime accidents could cause heavy economic loss. Hence, several stratgies for the prevention and or minimization of maritime accidents are considered by shipping professionals and policy makers. Simulation based training before entering into shipping career is having many perspectives. Simulation based training regimes helps to understand stress, perceive situational awareness and familiarity with errors that could happen realtime. The simulators provide the trainer a first hand experience in tackling difficult situations. The simulators help them to experience the mistakes. In this context, this article is aiming to emphasize that the human component error is playing a significant role in maritime accidents. Further, the aricle also provide an overview about the prospects of imparting maritime training with simulators which could be a potential choice to reduce human errors.

Human factors, human error, maritime accidents, shipping, simulator training

"SIMULATORS BASED TRAININGS - A KEY TO MINIMIZE MARITIME ACCIDENTS AND PERSPECTIVES ", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 8, page no.729-733, August-2018, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1808410.pdf

"SIMULATORS BASED TRAININGS - A KEY TO MINIMIZE MARITIME ACCIDENTS AND PERSPECTIVES ", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 8, page no. pp729-733, August-2018, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1808410.pdf