Proceedings of the
The 33rd European Safety and Reliability Conference (ESREL 2023)
3 – 8 September 2023, Southampton, UK
Plenary Session
Effects of offshore safety case regulations on vessel/platform collision incidents
Professor in Maritime Technology at John Moores University of Liverpool
Abstract
An offshore installation is exposed to ship collision risk from both in-field and passing vessels. Both categories of collision have occurred on the United Kingdom Continental Shelf (UKCS) and both have the potential to result in catastrophic damage to the installation. World-wide, catastrophic collisions with installations have occurred resulting in severe damage to vessels and installations, leading to loss of life and environmental damage. This led the Health and safety Executive (HSE) to investigate the occurrence and reporting of ship to platform collisions on the UKCS. The research presented is an extension of the HSE's updated Ship/Platform Collision Incident Database. The database has been expanded in order to determine the whether the fluctuations were a regular occurrence and, if so, what was the cause. This research analyses a large number of ship to platform collision incidents in terms of damage classification, the vessel type, month of occurrence and a comparison of the release of regulations with the fluctuation of incidents. Subsequently, this analysis has identified a key trend between the reporting of offshore collision incidents and the release and enforcement of offshore Safety Case regulations. Furthermore, how advanced risk modelling approaches are used to improve maritime safety is given with applications.
Biography
Prof. Jin Wang has served as Associate Dean (Research) in the Faculty of Engineering and Technology of LJMU since 2015 and also as Director of the LOOM Research Institute since 2003. Prof. Wang joined LJMU as a lecturer in 1995. He was promoted as Reader in Marine Engineering and Professor of Marine Technology in 1999 and 2002, respectively. His research interests are in risk-based design and operation of large maritime engineering systems. He has published extensively in this area, making him among top 70 in Civil Engineering in terms of publications and citations in the World Ranking of Scientists worldwide since 2020. He has authored or co-authored over 500 technical research outputs including 2 research monographs and 200 SCI-cited journal papers. Prof. Wang has led four EU funded projects as coordinator and 7 UK research council funded projects. He has participated in another four EU projects as LJMU's PI. He has won several awards for his research work including the 2017 RINA – Lloyd's Register Maritime Safety Award for Lifetime Achievement. Prof. Wang has been a member of the Engineering sub-panel in the UK's Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2014 and 2021, assessing the quality of research in UK higher education institutions. He is Editor-in-Chief of Journal of Marine Engineering and Technology. He is Chair of the UK-Malaysia University Consortium (UK-MUC) of 16 UK and all 20 public Malaysian Universities to expand international higher education between the UK and Malaysia.
