Project description
Sailing towards new flood risk assessment for ships
Ship flooding can be provoked by extreme weather conditions or collision with another ship. Whatever the case, flooding affects the stability of any vessel. In passenger ships, flooding also represents a high risk for loss of human life. FLARE, a consortium of experts in ship flooding risk research, will provide a knowledge base for risk assessment and management. The EU-funded FLARE project aims to establish a risk-based methodology for flooding risk evaluation and management. It will create a database of casualties and related damages in passenger ships. It will also assure a general and comprehensive risk model and a risk-aware procedure for post-flooding casualties. The project will develop advanced technical solutions aiming to reduce risks.
Objective
The FLARE consortium comprises key stakeholders from industry, academia and policy makers, involved in ship flooding risk research as a Group for over twenty years (HARDER, SAFEDOR, GOALDS, EMSA III, eSafe), the latter three focussing on passenger ships. This offers a unique knowledge base and capability to support targeted new developments and expedite implementation. The overriding objective is to develop a Risk-Based methodology for 'live' flooding risk assessment and control, to be achieved by: - Creating an updated accident database for passenger ships and damages. Using this with support from suitably verified flooding simulation tools to develop a generic risk model for flooding incidents, accounting for collision and grounding with focus on cost-effective risk containment in emergencies. - Ensuring the risk model is generic (all incidents in one model), holistic (active and passive measures) with potential application to newbuildings and existing ships. - A risk-aware approach post-flooding incidents from susceptibility to flooding to emergency response, including mustering and abandonment in extreme flooding scenarios. - Innovative technical solutions at TRL5 in ship concepts and equipment targeting risk containment, including: crashworthiness; minimising the risk from WT doors; use of highly expandable foam post-incident; decision support for crisis management. - Developing a proposal for the revision of relevant IMO regulations towards a risk-based approach to contain and control risk in passenger ships from flooding incidents.
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28203 Bremen
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G1 1XQ Glasgow
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02150 Espoo
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L2 3YL Liverpool
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92400 COURBEVOIE
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SO15 1ST Southampton Hampshire
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3202 Sandefjord
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1363 Hovik
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34121 Trieste
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16121 Genova
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22305 Hamburg
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44470 Carquefou
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EC3M 4BS London
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176 74 KALITHEA
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6708 PM Wageningen
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26871 Papenburg
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20240 ABO
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00180 Helsinki
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1000 Bruxelles / Brussel
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44600 Saint Nazaire
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16128 Genova
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KT13 0NY Surrey
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405 19 Gothenburg
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157 80 ATHINA
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