Safety and Risk Management projects

KERTTU – For safer transport hubs

In the multi-stakeholder KERTTU project different transport sectors and authorities jointly developed a major accident hazard assessment methodology suitable for assessing risk associated with Transport of Dangerous Goods (TDG) hubs. (2008-2009)

In the assessment method the risk is categorised and the illustrated in the spatial dimension. The inherent vulnerability of different land uses, such as housing, industry or commercial centres, can then be used to assess what can be sited in the vicinity of the TDG hub. The project included defining criteria for selecting major accident scenarios suitable for TDG hubs and development of practical guidance for land use planners.

Risk management measures suited to TDG major accident hazard reduction were identified and evaluated. The relative effectiveness was related to required investments and operational costs. The results have been collated into an Excel tool, available as an electronic attachment to this report. In the tool, each risk management measure is evaluated and described, including previous experience from applying it. The tool supports effective management of risks through collating the measures available to each actor into one tool. This enhances comparisons of relative effectiveness and identification of cost effective measures in a multi-stakeholder contexts.

The TDG transport hubs looked at included road and railway hubs and ports. The developed TDG major accident hazard evaluation method can also be applied to boarder-crossings, road junctions, level crossings and to certain extent to special structures (i.e. tunnels). The results can be used to enhance both local and regional land use planning and cost effective development of safety. This allows the requirements of TDG transport hubs to be better included in land use planning thus improving both safe regional development and allowing profitable TDG activity.

FINAL REPORT (IN FINNISH)

VAK-keskittymät osana turvallista yhteiskuntaa - maankäytön suunnittelu ja yhteinen riskienhallinta. KERTTU-hankkeen loppuraportti.

Y. Gilbert, A. Kumpulainen, J. Lunabba, T. Raivio. Gaia Consulting Oy.

Liikenne- ja viestintäministeriön julkaisuja 24/2009

ISSN 1457-7488 (painotuote)

ISSN 1795-4045 (verkkojulkaisu)

ISBN 978-952-243-057-1 (painotuote)

ISBN 978-952-243-058-8 (verkkojulkaisu)

PROJECT PARTICIPANTS (IN FINNISH)

Liikenne- ja viestintäministeriö, Merenkulkulaitos, Palmberg Turku Oy, Porin kaupunki, Porin satama, Ratahallintokeskus, Rautatievirasto, Sato Oyj, sisäasiainministeriö, Suomen Kuljetus ja Logistiikka SKAL ry, Turun kaupunki, Varsinais-Suomen pelastustoimi, VR Yhtymä Oy, ympäristöministeriö

Several other organisations were also interviewed or their representants participated in the project workshops.