Risk Analysis and Safety Management of Marine Systems

Introduction to rules and regulations in marine and maritime safety. The risk concept and other key concepts. Description of the marine risk picture based on accident statistics. Accident theories, accident investigation and analysis. Common methods for risk analysis. Methods for calculating the risk for navigation accidents. Human reliability; error mechanisms, influencing factors and modelling approaches. Risk and safety measures. Risk acceptance criteria. Security. Emergency Preparedness. Barriers. Risk control measures and options, including cost-benefit analysis. Risk monitoring.

Upon completion of the course, the candidate shall be able to:

• Describe the terminology within the field of risk and safety management in marine and maritime activities and use this terminology in a correct way.
• Demonstrate a basic understanding of the safety regulations in the marine and maritime sector, who the main actors are, and how enforcement is performed.
• Describe the main elements of a safety management system.
• Describe the most common accident models and use some accident investigation methods.
• Describe what risk analysis is, what the main elements are, the most common methods used, and be able to use this knowledge to plan and perform a risk analysis.
• Describe key human factors that influence human performance and be able to incorporate and analyze the effect in risk analysis.
• Explain Formal Safety Assessment and be able to apply the method on practical cases.
• Describe methods for risk calculations for the most common types of marine and maritime accidents, such as collision and grounding, and how to apply these methods in practical cases.
• Describe principles for risk reduction and cost-benefit analysis and be able to apply this to identify risk reduction measures and calculate cost-efficiency of proposed measures.
• Describe the main types of data required for risk analysis and how to analyze and apply data in practice, including for risk monitoring.
• Use databases and risk analysis tools to perform risk analysis.
• Understand the main security challenges in the marine and maritime industry.
• Understand the main principles of emergency preparedness and response.
• Comment critically on strengths and weaknesses of risk analysis.
• The course will also contribute to develop general competence in:
  • Cooperating with others on performing a project related to safety management and risk analysis, and communicating the results

Lecture and assignments. All lectures are given in English.