Research project

HEIF 2022/23 Evidencing a seastate allowance for inshore fishing vessels by model scale testing

Project overview

This project conducts the model scale stability assessment of a low freeboard, inshore fishing vessel of typical proportions and assesses its survivability in waves.

It aims to demonstrate whether a typical low-freeboard decked vessel is sufficiently safe from capsizing in waves when operated within a seastate orientated allowance determined via the Wolfson Stability Method, and to provide such evidence to the policymakers.

Staff

Lead researchers

Dr Matteo Scarponi PhD, CEng, MRINA, AMSNAME

Principal Enterprise Fellow
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Other researchers

Dr Wassim Dbouk

Research Fellow

Research interests

  • I am currently involved in a multi-disciplinary research project as part of the Industrial Decarbonisation Research and Innovation Centre (IDRIC - https://www.linkedin.com/company/idricuk/), where I am researching the legal and regulatory aspects of the transport of CO2 to support the implementation of the UK Government's Carbon Capture Utilisation and Storage (CCUS) plans.
  • My wider research interests include the policy aspects influencing the governance and sustainable management of our oceans and the simultaneous implementation of the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and their respective targets.
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Collaborating research institutes, centres and groups

Research outputs