Fullscale testing June 2010
The complete ShipArrestor system was tested just off the North Cape in arctic Norway. One helicopter, one tugboat and one LNG tanker participated.
The tests consituted a significant marine operation and must be considered a major success in proving the functionality of the system. Unfortunately the weather conditions were too good to give any definite indication as to how the system would behave in a real emergency.
The wind was around 5 m/s on both test days and no major waves or swell were encountered. The helicopter managed to position the connector onto the tanker and the sea anchor managed to turn the tankers bow up against the weather. Some minor difficulties were encountered in handling the system as well as some minor flaws in the test procedure. These shortcomings will be rectified before the next set of tests.
The tests were made possible by Statoil, Hoegh LNG, Lufttransport and the Norwegian Coastal Administration.
For more details see the video section.
