BaSSy Project

The BaSSy project is a joint research project between Technical University of Denmark, GateHouse (Denmark), SSPA (Sweden), and VTT (Finland), which is funded in part by The Danish Maritime Foundation and Det Nordiske Ministerråd.

The BaSSy program is planned to contain tools for extracting the traffic distribution and traffic density functions from AIS data. These automatic extraction tools are not yet a part of the IWRAP MK II program (Contact GateHouse - pch<at>gatehouse<.>dk - for information on how to get access to these toolboxes).

Given that a collision or grounding has taken place, the spatial distribution of the damages may further be calculated.

Results of such analysis may in the BaSSy program be presented in terms of probability distributions, for indentation depth, length and height of the holes and for their location.

Knowing the structural damage the resulting consequences in terms of bunker oil outflow and cargo outflow may subsequently be calculated.

In future more consequence models is planned to be implemented in the BaSSy program.

BaSSy Work Packages:

• WP1 BaSSy program tool development (DTU, Gatehouse)
• WP2.1 HF in bridge systems (SSPA, Chalmers, MSI Design)
• WP2.1 North up / Course up
• WP2.1 S-mode investigation
• WP2.1 Radar design mock-up
• WP2.2 Decision support for VTS operators (SSPA)
• WP2.3 Analyses of the VTS (MSI Design)
• WP3.1 Harmonized FSA analysis - Sea of Åland (VTT)
• WP3.2 FSA database (VTT)
• WP3.3 Baltic Sea FSA studies (VTT)

A presentation of the BaSSy project can be found at: http://www.surship.eu/project/bassy/overview