Analysis of the factors that lead to deficiencies originate from life saving appliance in port state controls

In maritime transport, ships may encounter dangerous situations in their marine environment. As a result of a dangerous incident, life saving appliances ensures that passengers and seafarers survive and are rescued from the sea. There are several standards regarding life saving appliances. Whether the ships comply with the specified standards are checked by inspections. In port state controls, which is one of these inspections, it is seen that the number of deficiencies related to life saving appliances, which is of great importance in saving human life, is high. For this reason, it is important to reduce deficiencies in the category of life saving appliances. In this thesis, it is aimed to investigate the factors that lead to deficiencies in the category of life saving appliances in port state controls. In the first stage of the thesis study, which consists of two stages, seventeen factors that lead to deficiencies originate from life saving appliance were identified and these factors were gathered under three themes. In the second stage, the relationships and weights of the factors determined were detected. According to the findings obtained as a result of the analyzes, the factors originating from the seafarers were determined as the theme with the highest weight ratio. The weakness of the safety culture of the seafarer has came to the fore as weight the highest factor. In addition, when the relation of the factors with each other is examined, inadequate extenal inspections are the factors that affect the factor most. The factor of not complying with the requirements of planned maintenance was determined as the factor most affected. As a result, weights of factors leading to deficiencies caused by life saving appliances were determined and suggestions were made to reduce their effects.