Sustainable Technology for Polar Ships and Structures is a $7.2 million project over five years focused on 1) understanding the impact forces when ice collides with steel structures at realistic speeds in the high Arctic, and 2) developing tools for designing ships and offshore structures for year-round Arctic operations. Memorial University’s Ocean and Naval Architectural Engineering Department has partnered with Husky Energy Inc., American Bureau of Shipping Samsung Heavy Industries Co. Ltd., Rolls-Royce Marine, and BMT Fleet Technology in the private sector, and principa,l researchers from the National Research Council—Institute for Ocean Technology. The Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (Government of Canada), Research and Development Corporation of Newfoundland and Labrador, and Memorial University are the funding partners. MITACS and NSERC are providing student internship support.

For further reading:

http://www.andrewsafer.com/Safer_Arctic_Future_Toolset.pdf