Major Ship Evacuation Research Underway

Pioneering trials measuring the ship evacuation performance of passengers in conditions including smoke and rolling motion are being conducted as part of a research project led by British Maritime Technology Ltd (BMT) and co-funded by the European Union FP5 Competitive and Sustainable Growth Programme and Precarn (funding for Canadian partners).

EU co-funded ship evacuation trials have volunteer passengers negotiating a large scale smoke-filled test facility capable of dynamic motion superimposed over an angle of heel.

Pioneering trials measuring the ship evacuation performance of passengers in conditions including smoke and rolling motion are being conducted as part of a research project led by British Maritime Technology Ltd (BMT) and co-funded by the European Union FP5 Competitive and Sustainable Growth Programme and Precarn (funding for Canadian partners).