Voice and Text Messaging in Ship Communication

Misunderstandings in voice radio communication have been identified as a root cause of accidents at sea. One reason is language problems multi ethnic industry. Standard Marine Communication Phrases (SMCP) was developed by the IMO to mitigate this problem, but studies show it not commonly used. Difficulties pronounce and understand English spoken different nationalities adds problem. Maybe text messaging could be useful non-time critical marine communication? This paper presents study where VHF versus messages land-based deep sea pilotage scenario compared. The finding that based worked well there lower risk misinterpreting information.