DNV GL white paper says new applied sciences and fuels that maritime trade is banking on to satisfy the challenges of the following many years are creating a brand new threat panorama
A white paper launched by classification society DNV GL identifies a looming “safety gap” between transport’s present method to security dangers and its plans for better digitalization and the adoption of different fuels.
Called “Closing the safety gap in an era of transformation,” the white paper notes that the maritime trade is present process a speedy transition to a decarbonized, digitally good future. However, it says, the brand new applied sciences and fuels that the trade is banking on to satisfy the challenges of the following many years are creating a brand new threat panorama that demand a brand new method to security.
If transport is ready to adapt and implement the brand new security views recognized within the white paper, the end result might be a maritime trade that isn’t solely extra environment friendly and sustainable but additionally safer.
COLLECTIVE EFFORT
“To close the safety gap, we will need a collective, ongoing effort,” mentioned Knut Ørbeck-Nilssen, CEO of DNV GL – Maritime. “As a class society, we can play a leading role by acting as trailblazers for regulators, gathering expertise, partnering with industry and developing guidelines. Suppliers, owners, charterers, and shipyards can work together to ensure we treat vessels holistically, over the entire lifecycle, rather than a collection of separate sub-systems. We need to recognize how any single decision, for example the choice of fuel or introduction of a new digital system, impacts upon other ship systems, the vessel as a whole, and even the fleet. But, if we can all work together, step out of our silos, we can develop the procedures and competencies needed to meet these challenges and enable a culture of continuous improvement,” he continued.
The white paper focuses on the dual tendencies shaping the trade—digitalization and decarbonization—and the totally different safety-related dangers related to these tendencies. Digitalization will increase system complexity and introduces new methods of operation and collaboration. While decarbonization includes a major enhance in the usage of different fuels and operations. To cope with these, the white paper focuses closely on the interplay between expertise, organizations, and the best asset of the maritime trade: Its folks.
END USER MUST BE CENTRAL
“If we want to ensure our industry transforms safely, we must embrace the idea that whenever we are developing new technologies, systems and processes, the end user must be central to that development process,” mentioned Fenna van de Merwe, Principal Consultant at DNV GL – Maritime, and the paper’s lead writer. “Our aim should be that throughout the industry we have a shared focus that in both design and operation we are supporting people in their work and decision making. This is essential to understanding these new risks and to building the safety barriers that will enable us to realize the potential of these new technologies and processes safely.”
The white paper concludes that each maritime group can play an element in facilitating secure and environment friendly efficiency, by balancing expertise and personnel, using human-centric design, and making certain the general wellbeing of its folks.
Download the white paper Closing the safety gap in an era of transformation.
