SAFETY AND RELIABILITY
RESEARCH AT VTT
V
TT Technical Research Centre of Finland is an impartial expert organiza-
tion that carries out technical and technoeconomic research. The turnover is M€
220 and the personnel totals 2,780. Main
goal of our maritime technology research
is to ensure high performance ships, reliable operation, and safe sea traffic.
MARITIME OPERATIONS AND THE
ENVIRONMENT
“Prevention is foremost” describes well
our strategy to improve maritime safety
and protection of the environment. One
of our main research focuses is risk assessment (FSA) applied to maritime operations,
telematics, VTS, port & fairway design, environmental engineering, inland and winter navigation.
staff competence evaluations, and usabili-
NEW MONITORING TECHNOLOGIES
We also actively develop Life Cycle
ty evaluations. Assessments are conducted
FOR SHIP OWNERS AND SYSTEM
Assessment (LCA) tools for evaluation of
by interdisciplinary teams with behavioral
SUPPLIERS
ship concepts in early design phase from
science and maritime expertise.
With on-line monitoring information, ship
environmental point of view.
owners and operators can verify that the
SIMULATION
acceptable limits for hull structural stress-
SAFETY CULTURE AND HUMAN
A prerequisite for realistic ship simulation
es or vibrations are not exceeded. For its
RELIABILITY
in critical environmental conditions are
part, the monitoring of machinery and pro-
Safety cannot be compromised in the cruis-
carefully designed mathematical models
pulsion unit loadings gives information for
ing business. Although the cruiser person-
and high quality input data. Because VTT
preventive maintenance. Advanced mon-
nel have a variety of duties, such as enter-
develops its own simulators and ship mod-
itoring of loads onboard ships will si