title: COMPARISON OF EMERGENCY SITUATIONS DURING SHIPS’ NAVIGATION UNDER EXTREME CONDITIONS
abstract: Sea-going vessels spend about 80% of their sailing time at the open sea and about 20% under extreme conditions in confined waters. However, the number of accidents under extreme conditions is more than 90% of their total. As a result of sea disasters, about 200 thousand people die annually in the world, of which 50 thousand - directly in the water after a shipwreck, and 50 thousand die on life-saving appliances in conditions that are not really extreme. The main factors of accidents at sea, whic
journal: Shipping & Navigation