Objective The European Union is the largest maritime power in the world with 40% of its fleet. Almost 90% of its external and over 40% of its internal trade is transported by sea. The natural wealth of the ocean has an intrinsic value for the biodiversity of Europe as well as for the support of key functions for adjacent regions and populations. Oil spills have a catastrophic impact on the marine environment and incurs enormous costs and suffering in the aftermath. A large part of the oil spillage comes from drifting ships running aground or breaking up. The project idea is to develop a novel and salvage tool by innovatively combining a light-weight sea anchor and connector. The system will be deployed by helicopter onto a ship in distress, thus reducing drift velocity and through that the chance of grounding or other potential disasters by providing extra time for Emergency Towing Vessels (ETVs). Further functionality is added by including a towing connection to the sea anchor, thereby providing arriving ETV with an easy-to-access pick-up buoy, which relieves them of the hazardous task of connecting to the ship in distress. A major issue in the project is lowering the weight of the system to enable helicopter transport. This calls for studies in material science and will influence the dimensioning of the anchor, which will be based on simulations of multi-body behaviour at sea under the influence of wind and waves. At the ship and tanker traffic increases there is a reduction in ETV preparedness, leading to a potentially unsafe situation. The ShipArrestor will aid in restoring and improving the oil spill prevention and salvage preparedness for ships up to 100,000 tonnes. In addition to the obvious environmental benefits of introducing the ShipArrestor, fisheries and tourist enterprises, of which a vast proportion is SMEs, will not have their livelihood ruined from oil pollution. The benefits for the project members are a valuable new tool in their production. Fields of science agricultural sciencesagriculture, forestry, and fisheriesfisheriesnatural sciencesearth and related environmental sciencesenvironmental sciencespollutionnatural sciencesbiological sciencesecologyecosystemsengineering and technologymechanical engineeringvehicle engineeringaerospace engineeringaircraftrotorcraftengineering and technologymechanical engineeringvehicle engineeringnaval engineeringsea vessels Programme(s) FP7-SME - Specific Programme "Capacities": Research for the benefit of SMEs Topic(s) SME-1 - Research for SMEs Call for proposal FP7-SME-2007-1 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme BSG-SME - Research for SMEs Coordinator MIKO MARINE AS EU contribution € 423 068,00 Address RUSSELOKKVEIEN VIKA 26 0251 OSLO Norway See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Claus Christian Apneseth (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data Participants (7) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all NORLENSE AS Norway EU contribution € 247 863,00 Address STRONSTAD 8317 1866 HADSEL See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Hugo Svendsen (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data A. HABERKORN & CO GMBH Austria EU contribution € 185 496,00 Address WERNDLSTR 3 4240 FREISTADT See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Karl Haberkorn (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data OPUS MARINE GMBH Germany EU contribution € 214 694,00 Address NEHLSSTRASSE 55 20457 HAMBURG See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Bernhard Messer (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data SA LE FLOCH DEPOLLUTION France EU contribution € 23 712,00 Address RUE EDUARD BRANLY - ZI DE KERIVIN 5 29600 ST MARTIN DES CHAMPS See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Daniel Guyomarch (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data TEKNOLOGISK INSTITUTT AS Norway EU contribution € 12 694,00 Address KABELGATEN 2 N-0580 OSLO See on map Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Asbjorn Rune Ousland (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE United Kingdom EU contribution € 13 982,00 Address Richmond Street 16 G1 1XQ Glasgow See on map Region Scotland West Central Scotland Glasgow City Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Andrzej Jasionowski (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data DR. VERNIKOV MAGNETICS LTD United Kingdom EU contribution € 9 026,00 Address SIDNEY STREET 80 CT19 6HQ FOLKESTONE KENT See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Arkadi Vernikov (Prof.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data