80721 - Cepolar Activities to Develop Recommended Practice for Scenario-Based Risk Management for Icy Waters
As ice is melting at the Polar waters due of global warming there is a growing interest to operate in these waters by the energy and maritime sectors. Even though ice is melting, these shipping routes will have significant ice hazards, which should properly be taken into account during design and operation. Existing Rules and Regulations for the design of ice going ships are either deterministic or address risks without proper physical basis. Aiming towards zero accidents affects life property and the environment in the newly activated shipping routes in the polar regions. CEPOLAR will essentially develop a recommended practice guideline that provides a route to practical application of the IMO Polar Code: It will improve the design and operation of vessels in polar waters. The recommended practices will combine practical knowledge, state-of-the-art engineering methods and fundamental academic research leading to the definition of safety level at concept design and applying risk analysis tools to build sound foundation for proper decision making on various levels. This project builds on the success of a previous LR Foundation funded programme that has developed an international collaboration in arctic research (CEARCTIC) during year 2013-2018. This presentation will summarize the history of the projects CEARCTIC and CEPOLAR, main activities and main achievements from the project management point of view.
Presenting Author: Pentti Kujala Aalto University
Authors:
Pentti Kujala Aalto University
Cepolar Activities to Develop Recommended Practice for Scenario-Based Risk Management for Icy Waters
