SCENARIO-BASED RISK MANAGEMENT for ARCTIC WATERS

Martin Bergström, Thomas Browne, Sören Ehlers, Inari Helle, Hauke Herrnring, Faisal Khan, Jan Kubiczek, Pentti Kujala, Mihkel Kõrgesaar, Bernt Johan Leira, Tuuli Parviainen, Arttu Polojärvi, Mikko Suominen, Rocky Taylor, Jukka Tuhkuri, Jarno Vanhatalo, Brian Veitch

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Abstract

Arctic shipping is growing driven by a demand for natural resources, climate change, and technological development, among other factors. While this provides many benefits for society, it also entails risks for people, the environment, and property. The purpose of this article is to assist ship designers, operators, owners, and other stakeholders in managing those risks by defining a comprehensive approach to scenario-based risk management for Arctic waters. The approach covers both the management of short-Term operational risks, as well as of risks related to a ship's long-Term extreme (design) ice loads and structural response. For operational risk management, a further developed version of the established Polar Operational Limitations Assessment Risk Indexing System (POLARIS) method is defined. In contrast to the established method, the further developed version considers the consequences of potential accidental events. For managing risks related to a ship?s long-Term extreme ice loads and structural response, guidelines are provided for the application of existing methods of assessing ice loads, including analytical, numerical, and semiempirical methods. In addition, to support the design of ice class ship structures, a new approach based on closed-form expressions is defined that can be used in the conceptual design phase to determine preliminary scantlings of primary hull structural members (e.g., transverse web frames).

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationPolar and Arctic Sciences and Technology
PublisherAmerican Society of Mechanical Engineers(ASME)
Publication dateOct 2022
Article numberV006T07A004
ISBN (Electronic)978-0-7918-8591-8
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Oct 2022
MoE publication typeA4 Article in conference proceedings
EventASME 2022 41st International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering, OMAE 2022 - Hamburg, Germany
Duration: 5 Jun 202210 Jun 2022

Publication series

NameProceedings of the International Conference on Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering - OMAE
Volume6

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
The financial support of the Lloyd’s Register Foundation is acknowledged with gratitude. Lloyd’s Register Foundation helps to protect life and property by supporting engineering-related education, public engagement and the application of research (grant number GA\100077). The authors acknowledge the National Research Council of Canada’s Ocean, Coastal, and River Engineer Research Centre for supporting this study.

Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 by ASME.

Fields of Science

  • Arctic ship evacuation
  • Arctic shipping
  • Arctic ships
  • Consequence modelling
  • Environmental protection
  • Ice class
  • Ice loads
  • Risk management
  • Safety
  • 1172 Environmental sciences

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