Ice accretion on commercial fishing vessels is a problem faced by fishermen in cold climates. The U.S. Coast Guard has standards that pertain to the amount of icing fishing vessels must be able to safely accrete without capsizing. Using research on past vessel incidents and historical weather data, we have assessed the adequacy of the current standards and made recommendations to adjust U.S. Coast Guard standards on region, timeframe, and acceptable icing thickness on fishing vessels in Northeastern U.S.

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Creator

• Chatterton, Marc N.
• Cook, James Carson

Subject

• Industry
• Security

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-121808-210626

Keyword

• Risk management

Advisor

• Peet, R. Creighton
• Pahlavan, Kaveh

Year

• 2008

Center

• Washington, DC Project Center - IQP

Sponsor

• Kemerer, Jack
• Rosecrans, Mike
• United States Coast Guard (USCG)

Date created

• 2008-12-18

Location

• Washington

Resource type

• Interactive Qualifying Project

Rights statement

• In Copyright