Combined emergency preparedness and operations for safe personnel transport to offshore locations

• Published in: Omega (Oxford) Vol. 67; pp. 31 - 41
• Main Authors: Brachner, Markus, Hvattum, Lars Magnus
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Ltd 01.03.2017; Elsevier
• Subjects: Collaboration; Covering; Decision support system; Helicopter; Matematikk og Naturvitenskap: 400; Mathematics and natural science: 400; Routing; Technology: 500; Teknologi: 500; VDP; Covering; Routing; Helicopter; Decision support system; Collaboration

Long distances, sparse infrastructure, and adverse environmental conditions make the offshore emergency preparedness system in the High North a big and yet unsolved challenge. This applies in particular to the personnel transport between onshore bases and offshore facilities, which is usually conduc...