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Feasibility of QRA Legislation Regime for Passenger Ships

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The International Maritime Organization (IMO) has decided to implement a Formal Safety Assessment (FSA) legislation regime for passenger vessels. The authors of this paper argue that a Quantitative Risk Assessment (QRA) regime similar to the regime for offshore installations would have been a better tool for risk management within the industry.

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  • Soma, H; Haugen, S. 2003. Risk Assessment of Passenger Vessels. ESREL 2003.

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  • Wang. J. 2001. The current status and further aspects in formal ship safety assessment. Safety Science 38 (2001).

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Soma, H., Haugen, S. (2004). Feasibility of QRA Legislation Regime for Passenger Ships. In: Spitzer, C., Schmocker, U., Dang, V.N. (eds) Probabilistic Safety Assessment and Management. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-85729-410-4_556

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