Abas Harati Mokhtari - Faculty of Navigation and Marine Engineering, Chabahar Maritime University, Chabahar
Amir Saeed Nooramin - Faculty of Economics & Maritime Management, Khoramshahr University of Marine Science & Technology,
Hamid Reza Khodadadi - Faculty of Navigation and Marine Engineering, Chabahar Maritime University, Chabahar

Historically, marine incidents have been an inseparable part of shipping. Majority of all recorded marine accidentsare generally attributed to human error or associated with human error. Many individuals and organizations in themaritime field use risk management techniques to minimize the effect of human error. The main focus is to enhancesafety and reduce human error through motivation, education and training, system design, rules and regulations. Ithas always been recognized that the best way of improving safety at sea is by developing international regulationsthat are followed by all shipping nations. Adopting proper regulations will definitely decrease the human error andthus maritime accidents.This papers aims at evaluating the role of human at marine incidents in Iranian shipping lines. Achieving thispurpose, IRISL, NITC, BOSCO, Valfajr, and Iran-o-Hend are selected as case studies.

Maritime Incident, Human Error, Shipping, Shipping Line