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Security advisory agreement with the Norwegian ParliamentProactima has entered into an agreement with the Norwegian Parliament to assist with security counselling.
“This is a very important agreement for us”, says CEO Trond Winther in Proactima. “We appreciate very much the confidence given to us by the Parliament, by assigning this framework agreement to Proactima”.
The framework agreement includes assessments and analyses, investigation of measures and implementation within the areas which is covered by the Security Act and the security area. This includes personnel security, information security, internal audits, value assessment, risk assessment and security risk assessments.
Proactima has received this agreement together with our partner for many years, the Aeger Group, which is subcontracted to Proactima in this assignment. The agreement has a duration of two years with options for extension.
Proactima is assisting in developing a hydrogen-powered high-speed vessel for the Port of NarvikThe Port of Narvik in northern Norway needs a new workboat which should be both fast and emissions-free. Proactima together with eight project partners, are now seeking public funding to build one of the world’s first hydrogen-powered, high-speed vessels.
The boat will be equipped with hydrogen fuel cells from TECO 2030,which will be leading the project, and will be built by the shipyard Grovfjord Mekaniske Verksted (GMV), located near Narvik.
When completed, the boat will replace one of the port’s diesel vessels. As a result, the Port of Narvik will be able to reduce both its diesel consumption and its CO2 emissions significantly.
“This is an exciting project for us”, says CEO Trond Winther in Proactima. “Hydrogen will be key to reducing greenhouse gas emissions from the maritime industry and we are pleased to be able to contribute. In the project Proactima will be responsible for risk assessments and analyses to ensure that it will be safe to use”, underlines Trond Winther.
The boat is planned to be completed in 2023. The Port of Narvik will mainly use it for keeping an overview of the port and the activities there, for emergency preparedness, and for teaching and training of crews.
The Port of Narvik aims to get the boat classified as a long-range, high-speed passenger vessel, and the plan is that it should be able to keep a pace of 23 knots.
Green transition in the maritime industry
Norway aims to reduce emissions from domestic shipping by at least 50% by 2030, compared with 1990. This target should be reached through a stronger focus on the development of low- and zero-emission solutions, and by setting emission requirements for ships operating on Norwegian fjords.
Norway plans to introduce requirements for low- and zero-emission solutions in public tenders to speed up the green transition in the maritime industry.
Moreover, from 2026 only zero-emission cruise ships and ferries will be allowed entry into the Norwegian world heritage fjords.
Ships operating in Norwegian waters will therefore have to reduce their emissions and become more climate-friendly.
The vessel’s fuel cells will be produced in Narvik
The fuel cells that will ensure the boat’s propulsion will be produced at the TECO 2030 Innovation Center in Narvik and will enable it to operate emissions-free.
In addition to Proactima, the following organisations will participate in the project: The maritime engineering company BLOM Maritime, the hydrogen supplier Everfuel, the consultancy KUPA, and the company Norinnova Narvik, which specialises in commercialising research results, are also partners in the project.
BLOM Maritime will provide technical assistance to Grovfjord Mekaniske Verksted during the building of the boat.
Knowledge dissemination will be an important part of the project, and KUPA will focus on disseminating the knowledge about hydrogen boats that will be developed during the boat’s building and testing phase. KUPA is leading a maritime technology cluster in Norway and will pass on lessons learned in the project to its members.
Hydrogen filling station for ships and road transport
The hydrogen boat will become Narvik’s first hydrogen consumer and will need to be refuelled on a regular basis. The project therefore also involves the establishment of a hydrogen filling station.
Everfuel will seek to develop this filling station. The company is currently working to establish hydrogen filling stations for trucks, buses and other heavy-duty transport all across Norway.
Other users of the port will also be able to use the planned filling station in Narvik. About 500 trucks drive through the city every day, and the filling station will therefore not solely be intended to cater for sea traffic.
The goal is that it will become the world’s first hydrogen filling station that can serve both ships and road traffic, and that its establishment will make it possible for more companies and people in the region to switch to climate-friendly hydrogen.
Everfuel will now, together with UiT and Norinnova Narvik, work to find possible new hydrogen users within the municipality and county municipality, such as buses, waste collection vehicles and taxis.
In addition, UiT Narvik will participate in the project as a research partner, with the aim of gaining expertise in maritime hydrogen systems. This will ensure that they can provide education that will enable their students to become valuable potential, future employees of the partners in the project.
UXRisk Release 11We are happy to announce a new release of UXRisk. The new release contains some new functionality and a number of fixes to known bugs.
The UXRisk team hopes you will enjoy the newest version of UXRisk. Please do not hesitate to get in touch if you have any questions.
Pop-up dialog for child articles
In fields where adding child articles, like Risk Identification and Measure identification, a Modal Dialog will occur when clicking on the items instead of going to the Risk/Measure picture for each item. This will make it way more effective and intuitive when working with child articles.
Remember the detailed position in table/wizard zooms
When manoeuvring in UXRisk between pages/tabs, UXRisk will now remember where the user was the last time the page/tab was entered. This leads to time saved and gives a much better user experience.
Add second (or lower) child articles
When adding child articles like Risk and Measures, the user used to always enter the new values in a text field (and click enter). Now the Risk, Measures etc. can be added directly in the table view.
Full keyboard support
Possible to use UXRisk without having to use the mouse. The TAB button can be used to move around on the page, and ENTER and SPACE can be used to click on buttons etc.
Proactima has signed a new frame agreement with SkanskaProactima has signed a new frame agreement with the construction company Skanska.
“We appreciate very much this agreement with Skanska”, says Trond Winther, CEO in Proactima. “We have worked for Skanska during the last six years and are very proud to receive renewed confidence. Proactima has previously worked with occupational health issues for the company and is very pleased the assignment now has been expanded to include several other services. This gives us a good foundation for further improvement and development of our services”.
“Skanska is an exiting company which is focusing on the environment and sustainable solutions. In Proactima these are also highly important issues which we will focus extensively in the times to come. We therefore believe we can be a good contributor to Skanska’s ‘green’ construction focus”, says Winther.
The frame agreement with Skanska has a duration of three years and includes among others:
Health and working environment
Emergency preparedness and training
Safety/security
HSE counselling – risk and analysis
Revisions, auditing, and supervision
Management systems
“We are a large business in a demanding industry where critical risks are handled continuously and on a daily basis, in every of our at all times approximately 150 projects” underlines Peer Chr. Anderssen, HSSQ director in Skanska Norge. «To us it is important to have a well-established partner with key competence and capacity where we have limited resources. The frame agreement with Proactima reflects the differences in our challenges and the broadness of Proactima’s competence”.
«Proactima has a long and extensive experience with these competence areas with deliveries to several sectors and important community companies in Norway”, underlines Bror Johan Tørneng Wik, head of Health and Working Environment in Proactima. “We also have experience from other construction industry assignments”.
We look forward to a continued cooperation with Skanska!
Oda Renate Nødtvedt starts in Proactima todayWe have the pleasure of introducing Oda Renate Nødtvedt as our new team member in Proactima.
Oda is educated within international relations from the Stockholm university and the Swedish Defence University and holds both a Bachelor and Master’s degree in political science with focus on emergency handling and security. She has extensive competence in societal security and emergency preparedness and has profound experience with crisis management, crisis communication, exercises, assessments/audits and risk reducing initiatives, among others.
During the last years, Oda had supported several top managements related to handling, strategy and management in many of the largest media focused crisis situations. Oda comes from PwC’s auditing unit in Oslo and has previously worked in the communication agency Burson-Marsteller.
We welcome Oda to Proactima!
The future transportation systems project has developed a new web siteCheck out the new web site for the future transportation systems project. The project is initiated to contribute to a more seamless, safe and environmentally-friendly mobility by developing methods and tools for handling new risks and vulnerabilities. The new web site will share knowledge about ICT, mobility, digitalization, vulnerabilities, risks, regulations, standardization, digital ownership and responsibility.
Kristine Myre Pérez starts in ProactimaProactima is further strengthening the team and has the pleasure of introducing Kristine Myre Pérez as our new team member in Proactima.
Kristine has her background from oil companies and drilling contractors, as well as public health services and has worked in several roles for many different oil companies like OMV, Neptun Energy, Eni Norge and Vår Energi, where she has experience from both onshore and offshore. She has extensive and solid background from quality management, HSE management and risk management and has also worked within emergency preparedness, auditing, regulations and management systems.
“I am focused on continued improvement of issues and systems, and that systems need to be user-friendly in order to be useful”, underlines Kristine.
Kristine holds a Master’s degree in social security with in-depht focus on strategy, risk based management, regulations and internal audits, and a Executive Master of Business Administration from the University of Stavanger.
We welcome Kristine to Proactima!
Assisting Repsol in the integration process with Maersk DrillingProactima has entered into an agreement to assist Repsol Norge AS taking over the day-to-day operations of the jack-up rig Mærsk Inspirer from Maersk Drilling on the Yme field.
In the integration process between Repsol and Maersk Drilling, Proactima will provide Project Management Services, (PMO), acknowledgement of compliance (AoC) and operation management systems. The work will involve following up most of the work streams in the integration process.
“Proactima has assisted several larger oil companies on the Norwegian continental shelf in significant merger processes during the last years, among others Okea and DNO”, says Trond Winther, CEO in Proactima. “We have gained extensive competence related to this type of services within integration management and has developed an effective team and some useful tools which covers many specific competence disciplines related to acquisitions, mergers and integration processes, both in and between different companies”, says Winther.
Proactima applies its recognized operation model for company integrations. The same model has been used in connection with several other integration projects in which Proactima has participated.
From Proactima Thor Schjetne, Thomas Tepstad Berge, Anders Jensen and Richard Heyerdahl have participated in the Repsol project team. Read moor about the take over process on repsol.no:
Proactima has been assigned to av revision of Bane NOR’s risk assessment of their transformation stations, for all the railway lines in Norway.
Bane NOR will deliver a secure transport system and aims to deliver Europe’s most secure railway. The public company aims to strengthen and further develop the safety and emergency preparedness performance towards a zero vision, and the company is taking the lead with a sustainable technology which will revolutionize the energy consumption on railway in most of Europe.
“This is an exciting project in line with our focus on a safer and more sustainable society”, says Trond Winther, CEO in Proactima.
“Bane NOR’s infrastructure is part of the future transport system, and Proactima is also assigned to a research project supported by the Norwegian Research Council where we will develop knowledge, services and tools for effective identification, comprehension and management of vulnerabilities and risks in future integrated intelligent transport systems, within and between companies, organizations and different society functions”, underlines Winther.
Please see more information about this project in the link attached:
“I am very much looking forward to this challenging assignment”, says project manager Rune Sjursen in Proactima. “We have a very good project team and will assist Bane NOR with risk assessments, emergency preparedness analyses and revision of the contingency plans. For this project, we will use our competence and experience from the power industry and our extensive knowledge about the power regulations”, concludes Rune Sjursen.