Abstract
Maritime activity in the Arctic is on the increase, driven by the extraction of natural resources, trans-Arctic shipping, and tourism. To manage the risks to humans and the polar environment, in 2017 the IMO enforced the International Code for Ships Operating in Polar Waters (Polar Code). The safety provisions of this Code are fundamentally goal-based, allowing designers to deviate from established prescriptive safety rules, facilitating design optimization and innovation. However, to enable goal-based design, ship designers need relevant and validated design tools. In this paper, we present examples of such tools, namely (a) accident statistics, (b) a framework for risk-based design of Arctic ships, (c) a simulation model of a winter navigation system, and (d) a sustainability assessment tool for Arctic shipping. The results are based on three different European Union funded research projects (SEDNA, WINMOS I/II), as well as on the Lloyd's Register Foundation funded project CEPOLAR.
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