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Safety Improvement for Passengers on Ferry Vessels

PROJECTS
Funding
Germany
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Duration
-
Status
Complete with results
Geo-spatial type
Network corridors
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Project Acronym
VESPER
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Network and traffic management systems (NTM)
Transport mode
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Transport policies
Safety/Security
Transport sectors
Passenger transport

Overview

Background & Policy context

Due to an increasing threat of international terrorism, ferry shipping needs improvements in security protection. Since the introduction of the International Ship and Port Facility Security Code (ISPS) to improve international maritime security in 2004, the security situation has changed both internationally and nationally. This requires security structures which, on the one hand, provide effective protection against terrorist activities and, on the other hand, maintain the functionality and efficiency of the ferry service.

Objectives

In this context, the research project VESPER has dealt with improving the security of people in the ferry business. There is a particular challenge in the business of ferry shipping and RoRo traffic (roll-on roll-off) on the Baltic Sea: In order to compete with bridges and land connections, the handling processes have to be carried out quickly and smoothly. Security measures must not cause any significant delays.

Methodology

The first step was a systematic review of the current security standards. Subsequently, the aim was to improve security through technical and organizational measures. In addition to passenger transport, the project also looked at security issues concerning the car and truck transport on ferry boats. This applies in particular to the access to ships and related hazards such as the possible carrying of weapons or hazardous substances or the smuggling of suspected persons.

The following subprojects have been defined:

  • system ergonomics and access control
  • improvement of preventive and operational security in RoRo ferry traffic
  • Implementation of reliable security-enhancing procedures in port and RoRo ferry operations
  • Studies on the integration of overwater and underwater sensors to build an integrated decision support system
  • Information visualization in the human-machine interface
  • Analysis of existing laws and directives and, as a result, research regarding the possible enhancement of security through structural, procedural or legislative measures
  • Investigations on the potential integration of a decision support system

Funding

Parent Programmes
Institution Type
Public institution
Institution Name
Federal Ministry of Education and Research, BMBF
Type of funding
Public (national/regional/local)
Funding Source
Federal Ministry of Education and Research

Results

Solutions were developed to improve the preventive measures on board and in the port area and to improve the measures taken during a potential crisis

The investigation of maritime security architectures has already made a contribution to improving security, in particular because of its proximity to practice. Some of the results have already been implemented by the respective ferry companies. The results of the project are thus actively contributing to an improvement in the security of access to the RORO traffic. As the solutions have been developed in close cooperation with the stakeholders, a particular sustainability of the results is to be expected. The newly established networks between the partners involved will also contribute to a continuous improvement of security beyond the completion of the project.

Findings of the study are published in detail by several final reports (German only) which are available online via the German National Library of Science and Technology (TIB):

Fraunhofer Institute for Communication, Information Processing and Ergonomics FKIE
"system ergonomics and access control"
https://www.tib.eu/en/search/id/TIBKAT%3A682404640/Verbesserung-der-Sicherheit-von-Personen-in-der/?tx_tibsearch_search%5Bsearchspace%5D=tn

Institut für Sicherheitstechnik/Schiffssicherheit e. V.
"improvement of preventive and operational security in RoRo ferry traffic"
https://www.tib.eu/en/search/id/TIBKAT%3A682404942/Verbundvorhaben-Verbesserung-der-Sicherheit-von/?tx_tibsearch_search%5Bsearchspace%5D=tn

University of Applied Sciences, Technology, Business and Design Wismar
"Implementation of reliable security-enhancing procedures in port and RoRo ferry operations"
https://www.tib.eu/en/search/id/TIBKAT%3A718237870/Verbundprojekt-Verbesserung-der-Sicherheit-von/?tx_tibsearch_search%5Bsearchspace%5D=tn

SIGNALIS GmbH
"Studies on the integration of overwater and underwater sensors to build an integrated decision support system"
https://www.tib.eu/en/search/id/TIBKAT%3A682335169/Projekt-VeSPer-Verbesserung-der-Sicherheit-von/?tx_tibsearch_search%5Bsearchspace%5D=tn

Technische Universität Braunschweig
"Information visualization in the human-machine interface"
https://www.tib.eu/en/search/id/TIBKAT%3A686090993/Verbundvorhaben-Verbesserung-der-Sicherheit-von/?tx_tibsearch_search%5Bsearchspace%5D=tn

Germanischer Lloyd SE
"Analyzes of existing laws and directives and, as a result, research regarding the possible enhancement of security through structural, procedural or legislative measures"
https://www.tib.eu/en/search/id/TIBKAT%3A686917219/Verbesserung-der-Sicherheit-von-Personen-in-der/?tx_tibsearch_search%5Bsearchspace%5D=tn

Ingenieurgesellschaft für maritime Sicherheitstechnik und Management mbH Warnemünde - MARSIG
"Investigations on the potential integration of a decision support system"
https://www.tib.eu/en/search/id/TIBKAT%3A725787430/Verbundprojekt-Verbesserung-der-Sicherheit-von/?tx_tibsearch_search%5Bsearchspace%5D=tn

Partners

Lead Organisation
EU Contribution
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Partner Organisations
EU Contribution
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