Ergonomic issues with the design of ships and on-board equipment have been reported to hinder the crew's performance, increase the chance of erroneous actions and, consequently, lead to negative outcomes of maritime operations. One solution to such issues is following a human-centred approach in system design and evaluation, which helps improve usability. While being widely applied in other sectors such as in designing aviation systems, medical equipment, or consumer electronics, HCD practice is still limited within the maritime field. Acknowledging this issue, the Nautical Institute organised a focus group with the participation of 78 people representing various maritime stakeholders. The participants jointly discussed and proposed solutions to improve HCD adoption in the maritime industry. Proposed solutions were aimed toward promoting awareness of usability and HCD among all stakeholders, increase HCD practices through regulatory documents, provide means to support designers in adopting HCD, and introducing a sector-based strategy to adopt HCD.
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