Holistic risk-based design for sustainable arctic sea transport

The motivation for this project arises from the fast exploration of the arctic sea and the fact that Norwegian waters are the primary entrance to high north transport. Thus, the key decision and innovation must be made with the Norwegian maritime industry . Consequently, this project will develop the cutting-edge arctic ship design knowledge needed to ensure a competitive Norwegian maritime industry. The next 3 to 5 years will be crucial for competence building due to the strong worldwide interest in the a rctic sea. To ensure that the Norwegian maritime industry can be the most competitive stakeholder concerning arctic ship design, the following key competences need to be developed: consistent design methods for the arctic sea considering rare and unknown events; concise identification of the design relevant actions occurring during the ships life-cycle; safe and sustainable ship design for economic arctic transport as well as highly trained experts (PhDs) in the design departments to allow for cutting-edg e products with confidence. Therefore, the scope of this project is the development of a holistic risk-based design methodology for arctic ship design. By doing so, RISKAT will identify: the influence of service and accidental actions on the risk and safe ty level and related uncertainties; the design relevant features and their identification to ensure safe arctic transport during the entire ships life-cycle; a consistent link between the design relevant actions and the first principal based assessment of their effects as well as the identification of the most competitive ship design. As a result of this project any ship operating in and/or transiting through the arctic sea can be designed to the distinct safety requirement using the developed holistic ri sk-based design methodology.