Highlights archive

SSPA Highlights - No 67 2020

Contents
2 Heading towards 2030
4 GreenPilot – guiding the way to low-emission and fossil-free operation of small vessels
6 The use and usefulness of AIS data
8 Tailored model tests for hull structural dynamics
10 SEAMAN Online – taking availability and flexibility to the next level
12 Oil spill risks in Arctic waters
14 A renaissance of wind-powered ships

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SSPA Highlights - No 66 2019

Contents
2 Skin Friction database for the maritime sector
4 Route optimisation based on AIS tracks in the Baltic Sea
6 Defining normal ship behaviour and safety distance to other ships in open waters
8 Logistical consequences of the Gothenburg container port conflict
10 Implementing S1000D for Swedish military assault and support crafts
12 Thorough model testing required to make cruising in tough environments sustainable
14 Manoeuvring and seakeeping simulations, and the importance of high-quality data

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SSPA Highlights - No 65 2018

Contents
2 Hull air lubrication: future and challenges
6 Assessing costs for new Swedish icebreakers: a 25-year perspective
8 The Nobel Prize and its implication for mariners’ health and performance
10 Maritime spatial planning and ship routeing systems
12 Strategic research plan for hydrodynamics
14 Ongoing hydrodynamic research project

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SSPA Highlights - No 64 2017

Contents
2 Virtual Captive Tests
4 Battery hybrid applied to marine propulsion
6 Advanced maritime operations in civil engineering
8 Demonstrating the use of urban and inland waterways
12 Investigating maritime accidents
14 fw - the unknown factor

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SSPA Highlights - No 63 2017

Contents
2 “To do right from the beginning”. Life-cycle cost analyses as a tool
6 Energy from the ocean – predictable, reliable, renewable
8 Tools for investigating manoeuvring performance
10 Safe and green ship operation in ice-covered water
14 The importance of open-water performance for ice-going vessels

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SSPA Highlights - No 62 2016

Contents
2 Methanol as an alternative fuel for smaller vessels
4 Ways to energy efficiency
6 PowerKite – Power take-off system for a subsea tidal kite
8 Hydrodynamics for submarines
10 Assessment of navigational risks imposed by gas pipelines
12 “Greener” yellow ferries
14 SSPA ramps up yacht testing

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SSPA Highlights - No 61 2015

Contents
2 ISO/TS 18683: A good starting point with challenges
4 Safer and higher-performing LNG bunker vessels
6 LNG in Kenya – introduction of LNG into East Africa
8 Blue Modal Shift – Urban and Regional Waterborne Transport
10 Bringing human-centred design to the maritime world
12 A new method to identify close situations between vessels
14 Shipping and underwater radiated noise

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SSPA Highlights - No 60 2015

Contents
2 The sulphur directive – here to stay!
4 Concept development – a new national research vessel
6 A fair trial – how to obtain the correct EEDI
8 Risk assessment of bridge collision – using Monte Carlo Simulation
10 The vital survivability
12 Advanced tools for waterjet performance prediction
14 Autonomous Navigation of Ships

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SSPA Highlights - No 59 2014

Contents
2 Slow Steaming Logistics - the shippers’ challenges following slower sailing speeds
4 Project Management Support to the Midway Alignment of the Bothnian Corridor
6 Close collaboration in hull development of an innovative chemical tanker
8 Modal shift to Short Sea Shipping in the Sound, Kattegat and Skagerrak
10 Methanol – an alternative fuel for greener shipping
12 Vulnerability reduction technologies for large maritime composite structures
14 How to sail an Olympic Laser class dinghy - towing tank tests
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SSPA Highlights - No 58 2013

Contents
2 Ports prepare for SECA 2015 in LNG infrastructure project
4 Voyage optimisation on the shallow waters of the Baltic Sea
6 Cutting edge tanker design requires out of the box thinking
8 Brash ice growth - full scale ice tests in the Gulf of Bothnia for the Port of Sabetta
10 A proposed design methodology for successfully developing ESDs
12 Ship traffic scheduling in the Göta River
14 City planning using SEAMAN simulation tool
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SSPA Highlights - No 57 2013

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2 SEAMAN simulations improve fairway, port planning and design
4 Port of Rotterdam maneuvers in SSPA´s simulator lab
6 Large Area Propeller (LAP)
8 Make A Difference on LNG
10 E-Fleet
12 Prediction of underwater radiated noise
14 Marine transport in the Stockholm Bypass project
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SSPA Highlights - No 56 2012

Contents
2 Deep Green
4 Escort towing and risk control options – assessing the risk of oil spills
6 Wind propulsion – to be or not to be?
8 Spillman – a systematic approach to oil spills in Arctic conditions
10 Local ferries in a city divided by a river
12 Short comments
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SSPA Highlights - No 55 2012

Contents
2 Modifying waterways for larger ships
4 AIS DATA – quality analysis
6 Increased support through traffic pattern analyses
8 Model testing – the safe way of identifying and managing risk
10 Swedish Icebreakers capable of Arctic rescue operations
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SSPA Highlights - No 54 2011

Contents
2 Our employees – the bridge between present and future
4 The SSPA Shuttle Ferry
6 Alternative fuels – a way to meet the 2015 emission standards?
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SSPA Highlights - No 53 2011

Contents
2 Fishing vessel accident reporting

4 Reducing the risk for marine oil spills

6 Demands, competitiveness, logistics – crucial for new shipping services

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SSPA Highlights - No 52 2011

Contents
2 The Rocknes case in Oslo Court of Appeal

6 Sailing on air
8 Full size project for 1:12 scale prototype

10 Infrastructure development for access to LNG bunkering in ports

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SSPA Highlights - No 51 2010

Contents
2 Risks to ship safety from containerized dangerous goods

4 A challenge – controlling the level of a lake that has many stakeholders

6 The Gulf of Bothnia – SSPA’s fullscale laboratory for arctic operations

8 AZIPILOT – bridging the gaps in a rapid technical development

10 Energy Saving Devices – design by CFD and Model Testing

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SSPA Highlights - No 50 2010

Contents
2 A ship-owner taking the decisions to become GREEN
4 The never ending battle with propeller cavitation

6 Oil in Ice - a challenge in oil spill response?

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SSPA Highlights - No 49 2010

Contents
2 Maritime use of LNG
4 Enhancement of vessel capacity utilization
6 Microbubbles
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SSPA Highlights - No 48 2009

Contents
2 The sea is never calm - Design with respect to overall performance

4 When Hermes met Wally or New applications for Ramform

6 Green shipping - from hull improvements to alternative fuels

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SSPA Highlights - No 47 2009

Contents
2 Trim optimisation - Sustainable Savings

4 IceMaster - a toolbox for the planning of artic offshore operations

6 New knowledge through a deep study in shallow waters

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SSPA Highlights - No 46 2009

Contents
2 Comparative environmental performance analysis

3 Environmental focus demands Arctic operations
4 Economical gains through environmentally compatible ships

8 Green hydrodynamic design

10 Environmentally friendly transportation demands enhanced logistic
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