Lloyd’s Register has rolled out a new risk tool for shipowners and operators. The new ShipRight FDA ICE assessment procedure helps in assessing designs and reducing the risk of fatigue damage in the hull structures of the operators’ ice-strengthened vessels.

The move comes as changes in the exploitation of natural resources, climate, world trade and marine infrastructure are increasing marine activity in cold-climate areas. The tool examines ship-ice interaction loads, ice-load impact frequency, ice-load distribution, structural responses and the fatigue behavior of hull structures in cold temperatures, including associated fatigue responses. The tool evaluates fatigue-response for different winter conditions and ice thicknesses on typical routes for winter trade.

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