by Vittorio Vagliani, Director, Safety at Sea Ltd [Originally published in IMarEST Marine Professional magazine, Issue 4, 2023] Since 2010 and the introduction of the Safe Return to Port (SRTP) regulations, shipyards and designers have been dealing with the new design rules and requirements to prove their design passes and to provide the operator with […]
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Enhancing Safe Return to Port (SRTP) compliance at concept design phase
by Tryphonas Petrou, Senior Mechanical Engineer, Safety at Sea Ltd [Originally published in IMarEST Marine Professional magazine, September 2023] Goal-based Safe Return to Port (SRTP) regulations hinge on the concept that the ship itself is its own best lifeboat. They were introduced to increase the safety of passenger ships in case of fire and flooding […]
Benefits of modern Safe Return to Port methodologies
In this paper, part of a Master’s Thesis at the University of Lappeenranta, Teemu Koskinen provides a thorough overview of the SRTP regulation, requirements and the challenges faced in assessing systems. Highlighting some of the weaknesses of traditional approaches (Failure Mode and Effect Analysis – FMEA) such as liability to human error and inflexibility to […]
University of Trieste in depth review of Evacuation analysis
Safety at Sea’s pedestrian dynamics tool EVI™ is used by several universities worldwide as part of their teaching and research. The University of Trieste is one such university that has worked with us for many years and has kindly provided us with the following paper for your interest. Through the 3D representation, it is easy […]
New regulation underlines systems complexity
New thinking required to understand passenger ship systems’ vulnerability by Tryphonas Petrou, Senior Mechanical Engineer, Safety at Sea Ltd [Originally published in Marine Professional, Issue 1, 2021] The Safe Return to Port SOLAS regulation is the latest step change in regulatory requirements for passenger ships. The core concept is that the ship is its own […]
