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Ship Collision Risk - An identification and evaluation of important factors in collisions with offshore installations

af Geijerstam, Karin and Svensson, Hanna (2008) In LUTVDG/TVBB‐‐5275‐‐SE VBR920
Division of Fire Safety Engineering
Risk Management and Safety Engineering (M.Sc.Eng.)
Division of Risk Management and Societal Safety
Abstract
The risk for a ship collision is usually predicted to be one of the dominating risks for an offshore installation. The subject of this thesis originated in a need for continuous update and review of the models for assessing the collision risk, so that the technical development and management changes of today are reflected. The risk for collision is governed by the actions of the ship, which depends on several human and organisational factors that may be complicated to measure. The focus of this thesis therefore lies within the organisation of the ship, with the aim to identify and assess causes and underlying factors that contribute to a collision. This is undertaken by using a hierarchical model where the included components are assessed... (More)
The risk for a ship collision is usually predicted to be one of the dominating risks for an offshore installation. The subject of this thesis originated in a need for continuous update and review of the models for assessing the collision risk, so that the technical development and management changes of today are reflected. The risk for collision is governed by the actions of the ship, which depends on several human and organisational factors that may be complicated to measure. The focus of this thesis therefore lies within the organisation of the ship, with the aim to identify and assess causes and underlying factors that contribute to a collision. This is undertaken by using a hierarchical model where the included components are assessed through expert judgement via interviews. The results from the interviews are combined with results from a literature review and the most contributing factors in a ship collision with an offshore installation are outlined. The results show that the three most contributing causes to the collision risk are if the officer on watch is absent, distracted or asleep. (Less)
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author
af Geijerstam, Karin and Svensson, Hanna
supervisor
organization
course
VBR920
year
type
H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
subject
keywords
Offshore installation, collision, ship, risk, model, human factors, organisational factors, expert judgement, interview
publication/series
LUTVDG/TVBB‐‐5275‐‐SE
report number
5275
ISSN
1402‐3504
language
English
id
1689121
date added to LUP
2011-01-20 13:07:31
date last changed
2020-12-03 14:26:05
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  abstract     = {{The risk for a ship collision is usually predicted to be one of the dominating risks for an offshore installation. The subject of this thesis originated in a need for continuous update and review of the models for assessing the collision risk, so that the technical development and management changes of today are reflected. The risk for collision is governed by the actions of the ship, which depends on several human and organisational factors that may be complicated to measure. The focus of this thesis therefore lies within the organisation of the ship, with the aim to identify and assess causes and underlying factors that contribute to a collision. This is undertaken by using a hierarchical model where the included components are assessed through expert judgement via interviews. The results from the interviews are combined with results from a literature review and the most contributing factors in a ship collision with an offshore installation are outlined. The results show that the three most contributing causes to the collision risk are if the officer on watch is absent, distracted or asleep.}},
  author       = {{af Geijerstam, Karin and Svensson, Hanna}},
  issn         = {{1402‐3504}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  series       = {{LUTVDG/TVBB‐‐5275‐‐SE}},
  title        = {{Ship Collision Risk - An identification and evaluation of important factors in collisions with offshore installations}},
  year         = {{2008}},
}