Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
7.ULUSLARARASI KARADENİZ BİLİMSEL ARAŞTIRMALAR VE İNOVASYON KONGRESİ, Trabzon, Türkiye, 22 - 23 Şubat 2026, ss.649-653, (Tam Metin Bildiri)
This study examines silence on the bridge as a socio-technical risk condition in maritime operations, focusing on authority structures and communication practices interact to suppress speaking-up behaviour. Using a qualitative case-based analysis of the Pride of Canterbury grounding reported by the MAIB, the paper integrates the concepts of authority gradient and closed-loop communication to explore the emergence of operational silence. The analysis shows that silence did not result from a lack of information, technical failure, or insufficient experience, but from the interaction of hierarchical authority, communication practices, and navigational technology use. Although the accident report does not explicitly describe communication failure, the absence of reported challenge or verbal intervention during critical stages is analytically interpreted as operational silence. The findings highlight silence as a systemic phenomenon rather than an individual shortcoming and underline the importance of organizational and communication safeguards in bridge team management.