Maritime Safety and Risk

 

MODULE DESCRIPTION FORM

 DEPARTMENT OF NAVAL ARCHITECTURE, OCEAN AND MARINE ENGINEERING

 MG 848 Maritime Safety and Risk
Module Registrar: Dr R. Emek Kurt Taught To (Course): Cohorts for whom class is compulsory
Other Lecturers Involved: Prof Tor Svensen Credit Weighting: 10
Assumed Prerequisites:

 

 Compulsory/ optional/ elective class: Compsulsory
Class Aims:
This module aims to demonstrate how the principles and methods of risk analysis are undertaken and reflected in safety assessment in maritime context. Risk analysis offers a variety of methods, tools and techniques that can be applied in solving problems covering different phases of the life cycle of a vessel (design, construction, operation and end-of-life) and, as such, this module will also elaborate on the practicalities of its application to a range of marine scenarios.
 Learning Outcomes
On completion of the module the student is expected to be able to:

  • LO1. Understand the concepts and importance of safety, risk and of all requisite fundamentals enabling quantification of risk in the maritime context.
  • LO2. Utilise appropriate techniques and methods in undertaking fundamental studies, specific to any component, system or function and in general first-principles implementation to life-cycle design.
  • LO3. Understand and have experience of the use of risk analysis in the marine field via related case studies (risk-based ship design, operation and regulation).
  • LO4. Be able to appreciate components of a formal safety assessment and apply it for indicative problems of maritime operations.
 Syllabus
 The module will teach the following:

  • Safety, risk and risk analysis; key terminology; lessons learnt from past experience; human factors; formal safety assessment framework.
  • Hazard Identification: HAZID/HAZOP methods and application
  • Frequency analysis and consequence modelling: Probability, frequency, reliability and availability; basic probabilities and statistics; Bow-tie diagrams; Databases and use of experts; Cause-consequence diagrams.
  • Quantitative Risk Assessment Methods: Failure Mode Effect and Criticality Assessment (FMEA), Fault Tree Analysis (FTA), Event Tree Analysis (ETA), Reliability Block Diagrams (RBDs), System Reliability, Monte Carlo Simulation (MCS).
  • Risk Control and Decision Support Systems: Risk control strategies; The insurance industry; Multi-criteria decision analysis; Cost Benefit Analysis.
  • Safety culture in the marine industry: Prevailing safety regimes; current practice and emerging approaches in dealing with safety in design, construction, operation and disposal; formal Safety Assessment.
  • Invited lecture: EMSA: Promoting Maritime Safety – Maritime Safety and Risk (TBC)
  • Invited lecture: CalMac – Legislation and Risk – A View from the Marine Industry (TBC)
Assessment Criteria
For each of the Module Learning Outcomes the following criteria will be used to make judgements on student learning:

 LO1

  • C1 Demonstrate the knowledge and understanding of the concepts and importance of safety, risk and the other fundamentals in the maritime context.

LO2

  • C1 Demonstrate the knowledge and understanding of the tools and methods for lifecycle design.

LO3

  • C1 Demonstrate the knowledge and understanding of the use of risk analysis in the marine field.

LO4

  • C1 Conduct a formal safety assessment for a specified maritime operation.
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