The aim of this thesis is to establish information on barrier elements where human errors take place and to establish proactive measures to eliminate these errors. The three main objectives for this project is to review the current safety and barrier management approach in Equinor, identify to what degree human factors have an impact on safety and make recommendations for improvements on safety and ...

Historically, the Port of Tromsø is well known as the final port before entering the Arctic Sea. Nowadays, there is a noticeable traffic consisting of cruise vessels visiting Port of Tromsø before heading against the Arctic. The vessels transport passengers expecting clean air, midnight sun, northern lights, snow and ice; - and a clean environment. Environmental considerations and air pollution ...

Timely delivery of the required goods plays an important role in meeting the availability and reducing the downtime of Markets. Salmon transport logistics is affected in complex ways while operating in the Arctic, since the area is sparsely populated and has insufficient infrastructure. It is also greatly affected by the distinctive operational environment of the region, such as cold temperature, ...

This thesis is intended to contribute to research in cold climate engineering. Further it intends to provide a principle solution for structural and avalanche safety due to snowfall on roofs. We have conducted a feasibility study of preventing snow from accumulating on roofs using airflows. This includes empirical, numerical and experimental methods. Snow loads on roofs makes great impact on ...

Towing is an important marine operation and floating wind turbines are the new way forward in our ever-expanding need for energy. In offshore floating wind turbine installation process, transport is an important phase. Presently, the turbines are assembled on shore and then towed to the installation spot one at a time. In this thesis, the theory behind the towing operation, modelling and simulation ...

Sea spray icing is considered as a major environmental challenge in the Arctic Ocean, which poses a critical risk not only to the vessels and industrial operations but also to human safety. Although some studies have been carried out to estimate spray icing rate (e.g., RIGICE04 and ICEMOD models), such models suffer from some unrealistic modeling assumptions and limited verification. Moreover, limited ...

In this thesis, a number of questions, concerning the present and the future of Russian hydrocarbon policy in the Arctic area are covered, with a description of necessary technologies and main projects that constitute Russian plans for the nearest decade up to 2030 in presence of western technological and financial sanctions, available equipment and potential for localization. The main contribution ...

The amount of waste produced in Norway has been increased considerably in the past decades as a result of population and economic growth. Therefore, the role of waste management companies in society has become more important. One of the significant challenges in the waste facilities is the fire that occurs regularly and causes various problems for the waste management companies. Several causes can ...

Due to the demand for diversifying and modifying sources of raw materials and trade routes, the Arctic is the region of high interests. Development and carrying out the offshore activities associated with oil and gas industry and maritime transport are growing rapidly in the Arctic. However, an acute problem associated with the development of offshore activities is the ecological consequence caused ...

Roll motion is one of the six degrees of freedom and is the most difficult to predict, as roll motion is extremely sensitive to the viscous effect and induced flow separation. The smaller fishing vessel fleet commonly operates in almost all weather conditions, and sometimes in remote areas with cold arctic water where rescue can be far away and difficult. The safety of fishers depends on the vessel's ...