Abstract
Ship safety is an issue which has gained a greater
importance lately, especially in the wake of the ESTONIA
catastrophe. Ship safety matters have, of course, always
been dealt with but not always emphasised in ship design
and research. The way how safety aspects are considered
in a maritime environment is a result of a long
historical development. The role of classification
societies and IMO are at present the cornerstones. The
safety methodologies that are applied in new areas such
as aviation, offshore and nuclear industry have on the
other hand had to start from a clean table. These
approaches are now applied also in maritime environment.
Ship stability research has long traditions in Finland.
The first internationally acknowledged stability
standards are those published in 1939 by Rahola, later
professor of Naval Architecture at Helsinki University of
Technology. Within the last few years the activity has
centered in Otaniemi mainly around the challenges of
manoeuvring, fairway and traffic control systems. The
combination of planar motion model tests and ship
handling simulator has been the tool.
Original language | English |
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Article number | 2 |
Journal | Maritime Research news |
Volume | 10 |
Issue number | 1 |
Publication status | Published - 1996 |
MoE publication type | D1 Article in a trade journal |
Keywords
- ships