Project for reviewing lifeboat ventilation requirements

Objectives

• Better understand how enclosed lifeboats would actually operate during a real-life emergency situation

Deliverables

• Prepare a report on lifeboat ventilation to be presented to the International Maritime Organization (IMO)

Activities

• Review existing studies performed on survival crafts in Arctic conditions
• Interpret the results
• Provide recommendations

Collaborators

• Transport Canada

Results

• The NRC's report will become part of the International Maritime Organization's discussion on the issue of lifeboat ventilation.
• Building upon years of excellent Canadian research, this project will have a direct impact on marine safety considerations at the international level.

Project team

Jonathan Power