A holistic view of maritime navigation accidents and risk indicators: examining IMO reports from 2011 to 2021

Abstract This paper investigated the risk indicators in maritime accidents and how they are considered within reporting of accidents, drawing on ten years International Maritime Organisation (IMO) (2011–2020) accident reports. It highlighted lack consistent findings studies exploring role vessel characteristics which often result from different methods, databases, techniques motivations used by each respective study for gathering analysing data. Furthermore, as human error continues to be top-cited cause this examined qualitative content IMO reports in-depth broaden our understanding factors. Using a data-driven approach, statistical (ANOVA) advanced text-mining (using IRAMUTEQ software) were applied extract meaning semi-structured unstructured narrative descriptions that constitute most national administrations’ investigation IMO. Building text analysis data, we proposed Accident Ecosystem framework, incorporates individuals, ship organisation (on board), internal ecosystem board onshore), external (external factors) global (policies regulations); moreover, it identifies these entities factors accidents. The illustrate is largely human-centric transportation becoming increasingly complex, there need policy organisational decision-makers incorporate broader scope actors when considering factors, can achieved using AME framework guideline.