VESPERPLUS - Improvement of Security for the passenger transport on ships (part 2)
Overview
Background & policy context:
If Explosives used within terroristic attacks they are most often realized as Improvised Explosive Devices (IED’s). Terrorists try to try to gain a huge damage including a large number of injured or dead people as well as destruction of public - infrastructures of societal, economic or symbolic importance. An early detection and a sure situational awareness are the most important steps toward countering the IED and at the same time the most dangerous for the security personnel.
Objectives:
Ferries are one major element in the public transport sector having around 16 million passengers per year. Aim of the project VESPERPLUS was the development of safety models which can be adapted into security processes of harbours and ferries without creating a severe obstruction of the logistic processes and annoyance of the customers. Especially RoRo ("Roll-on/Roll-off") ferries were in the focus of the project because they transport vehicles, movables, and passengers.
The research is based on the results of the predecessor project VESPER
Methodology:
The software developed in VESPER is extended by training and simulation functions for decision-making support and is integrated into the nautical training program. The focus of the research in VESPERPLUS is in the field of ferry shipping and examines the so-called RoRo (roll-on / roll-off) ferries, on which vehicles and moving goods are loaded and passengers are transported. One of the main tasks is the harmonization and optimization of the safety structures of the ship, the harbour berth and the overall harbour.
Within the project, the following five work packages were defined:
- Optimization of the security architecture
- Technology integration for hazardous substances detection
- Decision support on board
- Instructions and training
- accompanying research
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