Common Contracts
1 similar Stockholm Agreement contracts
Stockholm Agreement – Past, Present & Future (Part I)Stockholm Agreement • February 21st, 2003
April 1, 2001 will mark the fourth anniversary of the Stockholm Agreement (SA), a period during which almost 80% of the Ro-Ro fleet in North West Europe will have been subjected to calculations, model testing and numerical simulations in the strife to meet these demanding new requirements. The experience gained has been invaluable in understanding better the problem at hand and is being utilised to shape new developments, likely to lead to more meaningful requirements. The North-South divide, however, continues to cause unrest, particularly at European level. Efforts to assess the status quo in North West Europe and use the information amassed so far as a means to predict the potential impact of introducing the SA in the South, led to a dedicated call by the Commission and to a contract being awarded to two closely collaborating teams, one at the Ship Stability Research Centre of the University of Strathclyde under the leadership of Professor Vassalos and one at the Ship Design Laborat
