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https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/27432/critical-issues-in-transportation-for-2024-and-beyond

Development of operation model for maritime incident management

Meriliikenteen hairionhallinnan toimintamallin kehittaminen

Incident management has a significant influence on the functionality of the whole transportation system and the logistic chain. The objective is the prevention and quick handling of incidents as well as the reduction of disadvantages due to incidents. In addition to safety, incident management can improve the environmental and economic implications of incidents. Incident management covers provision and advance planning, realtime incident management and the post-analysis and reporting of incidents. The preliminary operational model for incident management of maritime traffic specified by this project comprises the aims of incident management, the tasks of authorities and other parties in incident management and the vital solutions for developing incident management. With the help of this tool, incident management can be developed comprehensively in co-operation with the different parties of maritime operations. In addition to accidents and other serious incidents or situations dangerous to humans and the environment, the operational model pays attention to the management of repeating, smaller incidents, especially to those producing economic damage to transportation and the supply chain. Resulting from their great number they cause disadvantages to many different parties and are significant in their combined effects. Accidents and other serious disturbances occur fairly seldom and the operational model is based on centralised administration and communication. The central objective is to assure the safety of human lives and nature. As regards the management of other incident situations - mainly of logistic deviations - they are a daily action, and co-ordination, co-operation and communication between several different responsible parties are emphasised in the operational model. The central objective is to prevent economic damage. Both of the above-mentioned main processes are in support of each other's operation, which especially demands adequate communication between these processes. The main development solutions of the preliminary operational model are the realisation of the Call centre operations for authorities in case of severe accidents, the improvement of communication and implementation of common operational models by realising a co-operation forum comprising the fundamental parties of maritime traffic, the expansion of the role of vessel traffic management into a data management centre supporting incident management, and the development of the PortNet-system to also become a means of incident management communication. Other development procedures are the increase and expansion of collective training of the different actors, the improvement of identification and control of long-term incidents and the consolidation and clarification of the tasks of the different authorities. The operational model needs to be developed further and implemented in different organisations. This report is available at http://www.vtt.fi/rte/projects/fits/ or http://www.mintc.fi

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  • Accession Number: 01015307
  • Record Type: Publication
  • Source Agency: TRL
  • ISBN: 952-201-108-8
  • Files: ITRD
  • Created Date: Jan 12 2006 8:57AM