Type of course

The course is available for students at the PhD Programme in Nautical Operations.

May be taken as a singular course.

Admission requirements

PhD students or holders of a Norwegian master's degree in Nautical Science, Marine Technology, Maritime Operations of five years or 3+ 2 years (or equivalent) may be admitted. PhD students must upload a document from their university stating that there are registered PhD students. This group of applicants does not have to prove English proficiency and are exempt from semester fee.

Holders of a Master´s degree must upload a Master´s Diploma with Diploma Supplement / English translation of the diploma. Applicants from listed countries must document proficiency in English. To find out if this applies to you see the following list:

Proficiency in English must be documented - list of countries

For more information on accepted English proficiency tests and scores, as well as exemptions from the English proficiency tests, please see the following document:

Proficiency in english - PhD level studies

Application code: 9301

Course content

Introduction

• The ocean environment
• Operational challenges with emphasis on Polar waters

Environmental loads

• Kinematics and dynamics of ocean waves
• Wave, current, wind and ice loads on vessels

Dynamic motions and manoeuvring of vessels

Environmental criteria

• Weather window
• Weather forecasting

Advanced collision avoidance

Weather routing in the Arctic

• Optimisation criteria
• Methods of solution

Recommended prerequisites

Objectives of the course

Knowledge

The student ...

• has a thorough understanding of nautical operations with emphasis on how the environment is affecting the operations
• has a thorough understanding of the key environmental factors affecting the performance of nautical operations
• understand the hydrodynamics on a theoretical basis for operations in the surface zone
• can determine the operational window based on weather conditions
• has an overview of operational challenges
• has thorough knowledge of how nautical operations can be modelled and simulated.

Skills

The student ...

• can handle appropriate SW tools to perform static and dynamic analyses of nautical operations
• can handle limitations in modelling and simulation of nautical operations
• formulate and evaluate solutions for planning of effective operations

• can carry out research to acquire new and more advanced knowledge related to work tasks and operations within the marine field

Competence

The student ...

• can work in multidisciplinary project teams of nautical operations
• can manage and lead multidisciplinary teams in research projects on nautical operations
• can contribute to debates regarding relevant nautical operations in international forums

Language of instruction and examination

Teaching methods