What is Maritime Resource Management?

What is Maritime Resource Management?

Maritime Resource Management (MRM) is a training program built on the most advanced research in human factors and resource management.

It helps prevent accidents at sea caused due to human and organisational mistakes. It began in 1993 as Bridge Resource Management.

It can be defined as using and coordinating skills, knowledge, resources, and experience available to a team to achieve efficiency and safety goals on a sea voyage.

The program seeks to encourage a team to make major changes in behaviour during daily onboard operations to establish safe attitudes and safe organisational cultures, including good management, teamwork and the ability to accept personal responsibility to bring about desired changes.

The goal is to enhance safety, efficiency and job satisfaction and establish a just culture in the maritime industry.

History of Maritime Resource Management

Bridge Resource Management originated from the advent of safety training in the aviation industry.

NASA investigators examined the causes of aircraft crashes in 1979 and after the deadliest aviation disaster, the Tenerife airport accident in 1977 in which 583 died, NASA developed a new