ClassNK and NMRI Bring Top Experts for Workshop on Goal & Risk Based Approaches to Damage Stability
On 11 October, 2011 in Tokyo Leading Classification Society ClassNK and Japan's National Maritime Research Institute (NMRI) brought some of the world's leading specialists on structural safety to Tokyo for an international workshop on risk-based assessment of ship safety held jointly by the two organizations in Tokyo on 11 October, 2011.The event, which included presentations from top experts from the IMO and Europe's leading maritime universities as well as leading researchers from NMRI and ClassNK, drew over 100 attendees from throughout Japan's maritime industry.In addition to Q&A sessions held after each speaker's presentation, all of the presenters took part in a lively panel discussion on damage stability at the end of the event. While the panel discussion touched on a wide variety of important structural and technical subjects, the impact of bottom damage on ship safety proved to be one of the hottest topics. As a result of the intense discussion, the expert panelists confirmed the following important points: New IMO standards should be based on both goal-based and risk-based approaches. It would be possible to use probabilistic approaches to develop bottom damage stability requirements. In addition to these discussions, a number of other important points were raised during the ...
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