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THEMES
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Thematic Network for Safety Assessment of Waterborne Transport

THEMES was a Thematic Network (TN) funded by the European Community under the 5th Framework Programme for Research, Technological Development and Demonstration. The network was founded on the basis of work carried out in previous concerted actions and EU-funded projects. Therefore, the results from Concerted Action on Formal Safety and Environmental Assessment (CA-FSEA), BERTRANC (Concerted action on casualty analysis) and CASMET were of special importance. The overall goal of THEMES was to improve industrial safety and environmental protection in shipping, through support to and development of a pro-active safety culture. Therefore, the project objective was to enable the overall goal with regard to shipping safety and marine environmental protection to be achieved by initiating and effectively managing a programme of work aimed at establishing a common knowledge base and a comprehensive framework of safety assessment and safety management for waterborne transport.

The work in THEMES was organised into 7 work packages and three integrative studies

  • WP I:  European Framework for the development of safety assessment in waterborne transport 
  • WP II: European Information System 
  • WP III: CHIRP, Voyage data recorder, Accident data 
  • WP IV: Human aspects 
  • WP V: Safety and environmental assessment methods 
  • WP VI: Safety Management WP VII: Network Management

PARTNERS

Bureau Veritas (BV), Det Norske Veritas (DNV), D'Appolonia (DAP) and SSPA Maritime Consulting (SSPA) formed the Consortium. BV and DNV shared the secretariat function. The remaining companies were members of the Thematic Network. Some of the members had an extended role in the network as task leaders. The responsible contractor assisted by task leaders in execution of the work package, as indicated in the work package descriptions. In addition to the members listed below, new members and experts were invited to the network. The network also aimed at involving national administrations.
The table below gives an overview of the consortium.

Acronym

Company

Country

DNV

Det Norske Veritas

NO

MT

MARINTEK

NO

NSA

Norwegian Shipowner Association

NO

NUST

Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Division of Marine Systems Design

NO

BV

Bureau Veritas

F

IFN

Institut Franηais de Navigation

F

CAT

Chantiers De L’Atlantique

F

DAP

D’Appolonia S.p.A.

I

METTLE

Maritime Engineering and Technology for Transport, Logistics and Education

I

JRC

Joint Research Centre - Institute for Systems

I

SSPA

SSPA Sweden AB

S

UU-HCI

Uppsala University Department of Human-Computer Interaction, Information Technology

S

BMT

British Maritime Technology Ltd

UK

BOMEL

BOMEL Ltd

UK

MATSU

AEA Technology Plc

UK

MCA

The Maritime and Coastguard Agency

UK

CETEMAR

Centre for Technical/Maritime Investigation

E

DGG

Ministry of Transport, Public Works and Water Management, Directorate for Transport Safety

NL

MIWB

The Maritime Institute Willem Barentz

NL

MSR

Maritime Simulation Rotterdam b.v.

NL

GM

Global Maritime B.V.

NL

DMI

Danish Maritime Institute

DK

RISOE

RISOE National Laboratory

DK

FRESTI

FRESTI

P

IST

Instituto Superior Tecnico

P

ITEC

Instituto Tecnologico Para A Europa Comunitaria

P

LISNAVE

LISNAVE Estaleiros Navais S.A.

P

RINAVE

Registro Internacional Naval

P

GL

Germanischer Loyds

D

NTUA

National Technical University of Athens

GR

TRUTH

Transeuropean Consulting Unit of Thessaloniki S.A.

GR

VTT

Technical Research Centre of Finland

FI

MMA

Malta Maritime Authority, Merchant Shipping Directorate

MT

NMD

Norwegian Maritime Directorate

NO


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