Background

At present the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) elaborates an Arctic Offshore Structures Standard.

Data, results, methods and findings from the STRICE project are of high relevance for the formulation of this design standard. The participation and leading role of scientists and engineers involved in the STRICE project ensures efficient and sustainable transfer of the STRICE results towards this new standard.

This is considered as a very important part of the exploitation and application of the outcome from the STRICE project.

STRICE meets ISO

On January 23, 2003 STRICE presented results to the Technical Panel on Ice (ISO TC67 SC7 TG8 Techn. Panel TP2b_Ice) at VTT in Espoo, Finland.

The meeting took place in conjunction with a weekend conference of the Technical Panel with participants from Canada, China, Finland, Germany, Japan, Norway, Russia, Sweden, United Kingdom and the United States.

Continuation toward the Code - the EU funded ICE Code Project

To support the elaboration and implementation of the ISO Code on Arctic Offshore Structurs the European Commission presently funds a research activity within the Fifth RTD Framework Programme.

More information on this project will be provided here when becoming available.