The statistics from The Swedish Club report tend to support the view that loading bridges with electronic navigational equipment does not necessarily improve the navigational safety of those ships or the navigational performance of their crews. Furthermore, although it is impossible to confirm, Marine Electronics & Communications has been told that not all navigational incidents are reported to the appropriate agencies, because owners and managers wish to preserve their safety records. Online debate, some of it very well informed, has much to say about the reasons for continued navigational failures, the finger is regularly pointed at the increased levels of bridge technology and the younger generations of seafarers, and sometimes a combination of the two.
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