Projects related to Marine Operations in Arctic

Over the last years, SMSC has initiated and played a major role in different research projects related to activities in Nordic areas. The projects have had a wide range of industrial and international participation.


The most important project, has been to develop a realistic simulator ice model. In cooperation with NTNU ( Norwegian University for Sciences and Technology), SMSC has implemented a new set of algorithms describing bending and breaking of ice in contact with a ship into the simulator.

The ice model has been validated to real manoeuver tests and test results from ice tank trials, and has been used for numerical simulations for different operations in ice infested waters

Facts

  • SMSC can simulate ice behavior for different ship and structure design
  • SMSC can perform simulations in a huge variety ice concentrations
  • SMSC can combine several simulators for Ice Management pre-simulations
  • SMSC have a skilled technical staff with experience both in mathematical and visual modeling, combined with personnel with extensive experience from marine operations
  • Training on SMSC simulators has documented safety benefits

Clients benefit

  • Numerical calculations of mooring forces by the use of SMSC Ice Model
  • Pre-simulation and visualization of complex marine operations in ice
  • Pre-simulation and visualization of different Ice Management scenarios
  • DNV certified Ice Navigation Training Course
  • Ice Management Training real time in multiple simulators
  • Quality assurance of high risk and demanding operations in ice infested waters
  • Operations in increasingly challenging environments make pre-simulation more valuable


Project

Details

Joint Industry Project ARCEMOP

Arctic Emergency Operation

  • Participants from Oil Companies, Ship Owners, Insurance Companies, National Coast Guards, Universities and Institutes
  • Participants from Norway, France, Germany, UK, Russia, Sweden, Iceland and Japan
  • Partly funded by Norwegian Research Council
  • Results:
    • Emergency Towing Training Course
    • Emergency lightering in harsh conditions
    • Meeting place for international Coast Guards

 

Joint Industry Project

Heavy Weather Decision Support Training Course

Joint Industry development resulting in an SMSC Simulator Training Course based on

  • Octopus from Amarcon
  • Waves from Miros
  • Forces from Light Structure
  • Weather from SPOS
  • Hydrodynamics from Marintek

Joint Industry Project

ARCMAROP

Arctic Marine Operations

  • Participants from Oil Industry, Ship Owners, DNV, Norwegian Coast Guard and Administration, NTNU
  • Participants from Norway, Russia, Germany and Canada
  • Results:
    • Visual and dynamic Ice Model based on actual forces for Ice behavior
    • Ice navigation training course according to DNV SeaSkill standard

Different oil companies

Numerical simulations for different operations in areas with varying ice conditions