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NH5.6

Sea hazards and ship operations
Convener: Elzbieta Bitner-Gregersen  | Co-Convener: Alessandro Toffoli 
Oral Programme
 / Wed, 25 Apr, 15:30–17:00  / Room 1
Poster Programme
 / Attendance Wed, 25 Apr, 17:30–19:00  / Hall X/Y
Poster Summaries & DiscussionsPSD19.10 

The main concern of the session is all kinds of sea hazards related to ship operations: extreme storm conditions, collisions with abnormally high and steep solitary waves, etc. The session also considers requirements for ship-design.
Second direction of the session can be described as hazards caused by ship operations. This includes a variety of different problems such as oil spilling, pollution, impact of ship-waves on the beach, etc.