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Int Semn held in India 26 - 27 Nov 1982 Papers are Ship financing in India Shipping finance Bankers role in shipping finance Acquisition of new ships - a techno economic approach Economics of new bulk carriers for coastal transportation of coal Commercial aspects of shipbuilding Scope of P & I services P & I clubs and their role in shipping Practice of ship broking Voyage speed and profitability - how slow is optimum Sale and purchase of ships - an appraisal of economics Technical considerations prior to the purchase of second hand ships Sale and purchase market Financial implications of ship repairs in India (ship repairers points of view) tion al conventions and International conventions and their impact on ship operation Commercial and economic aspects of ship repairs and maintenance (a shipowners point of view) Hull and machinery casualties causes claims and costs Hull insurance General average and marine insurance claims Cost effectiveness of salvage association operations

The paper begins by discussing the United Kingdom rule deriving from the 1960 Convention on the Safety of Life at Sea. The rules lay down three basic methods for structural fire protection of ships using division by means of A and B class bulkheads. Aluminium alloy superstructures require special fire insulation. structural protection of cargo vessels small passenger ships hovercraft and hydrofoils is discussed. The provision and use of fire-protected lifeboats is considered. The second part of the paper deals with fire-fighting in ships. The provision and pumping of water is first considered then fixed installations are considered. Carbon dioxide installations are described. Fire detection and fire smothering in cargo spaces is discussed. Portable extinguishers must comply with British Standard specifications. The use of C.T.C. is to be avoided. Plans of structural fire protection location of appliances and means of escape must be exhibited. Rules for the provision of firemen's outfits are described.

In addition to being able to carry a high attack fire power small crafts and boats must be able to attack an enemy quickly and to escape requital quickly. Attention is given to gliders. Next a brief history of Russia's fast naval ships is outlined. The main purposes of modern small crafts and boats are listed followed by the types of small crafts and boats designed in Russia.. A look is taken at Russian patrol ships/boats and hovercrafts. Comparisons are made of the small ships in other navies. Viewpoints of non-Russian analysts on the ways of development of high-speed crafts and boats are given and non-Russian development of shipbuilding and naval equipment is considered. Necessary properties for a ship of the 21st century are listed and some of the current features required are looked at. Finally overhead slides are presented.

Symposium held in Melbourne Australia on 28th October 1986 Papers are An approach towards establishing safety standards of the cargo handling equipment in a port handling hazardous liquids in bulk Hazard and risk analysis techniques for assessment of bulk liquid chemical storage facilities Australian NW shelf LNG ships - design and future operation Loading and unloading of ships from or to shore installations Unloading of refrigerated LPG at the bulk liquids berth Port Botany Loading and unloading of ships from/to shore installations Sealing of pumps for hazardous liquids Monitoring gaseous liquids in transit or storage Storage or handling of aerosol products Combating land emergencies involving hazardous liquids The control of bulk hazardous liquids in the port of Melbourne The Port Philip pilots' view

A seakeeping ranking procedure is proposed for application in the process of type ship selection. First four seakeeping characteristics are compared for the vessels considered and evaluated by a rank factor for nominal and sustained speed. Lastly all ships are normalized by length and displacement respectively and the influence on the rank value is assessed. Ships and their characteristics are looked at. The general procedure is considered. The results are analyzed.

The stability criteria and the method to vary the safety level of ships applied in the present damage stability rules are not sufficient to ensure the safety of damaged ships or to grade the relative safety of ships. A new way of achieving realistic survivability criteria is proposed. This is used to estimate a capsizing probability. The effect of water shipped into the damaged region and the fluctuating restoring ability of the ship in waves is also considered. Three models to determine the damage opening size that should be survived by a ship are also shown.

RINA the Italian Classification Society published and put into force in January 2003 its "RINAMIL - Rules for the Classification of Naval Ships" which were developed with the technical support of the Italian Navy. This paper attempts to briefly review the structure and contents of RINAMIL and to present and discuss the most relevant issues encountered in adapting merchant rules to naval ships practice. The paper also addresses aspects which are specific to naval ships and for which ad hoc requirements have been included in the rules.

A directory of Russian merchant ships, this part focusing on refrigeration ships. Written in German.

The effects of noxious exhaust gases are discussed in the light of the advantages of diesel engines. Figures tables and graphs are used to outline the legislation controlling exhaust emissions and the technologies available to reduce them.

Contents include chapters on: Modern types of ships (dry cargo, tankers, passenger vessels, special merchant types), Tonnage measurement (including calculations), Classification, Freeboard and load lines, Strength of materials and ships, Lines, offsets and the mold loft, Riveting and welding, Tanks, bilges and piping systems, Turning and steering, Launching, Drydocking, Ships calculations (displacement, wetted surface, change of draft and density, coefficients of form, height of metacentre above keel), The ship in waves, Resistance and powering, Propellers and propulsion and Ship trials.

Some of the issues which are currently important in container shipping are investigated such as the trend to (ultra) large ships and very fast ships. After some introductory information attention is given to the environmental sustainability of a ship as transport system. Next the concept of modelling systematic series of containerships is considered followed by simulation of operation propulsion plant options and high speed containerships. Lastly some potential matching problems are addressed between ship and machinery in the case of multi shaft installations that could be part of the solution both for the ultra large containerships and the fast ships.

In order to develop rational and transparent procedures for the structural strength assessment of container ships which can offer consistency of approach to shipbuilding marine and related industries as well as improve container ship safety a series of comprehensive studies has been carried out by ClassNK in recent years and some of the results are summarized in this paper. The comprehensive study on the design loads for direct strength assessment of primary structural members of container ships was firstly introduced. Secondly a comprehensive study on the method for torsional strength assessment of container ships is discussed based on the results from direct torsional moment analyses by a 3-D Rankine-source method and FE analyses of the entire ship structures. Lastly outlines of some basic studies such as 3-D numerical simulation for very strongly nonlinear ship-wave interactions in extreme waves full-scale measurements of hull response of a post-Panamax container ship in service etc. are also introduced.

Some information on modelling safety of ships in damaged conditions at the preliminary design stage is presented by using an alternative performance-orientated risk-based method. The performance-orientated risk-based method of assessing safety of ships including modelling is briefly discussed. Some examples of safety assessment for two container ships using the proposed method are presented. The method uses the performance-orientated risk-based approach. The elements of safety case and FSA (formal safety assessment) methodologies are incorporated within the method. The hazard identification scenario development ship hydromechanics analysis risk estimation and risk control options are combined. In this respect the method is a risk-based design method as it integrates the systematic risk analysis in the design process with the reduction of risk embedded as a design objective. The method may be implemented as a design for safety method (including safe operation) or salvage-orientated method.

Experience gained in operation ro/ro ships has enabled the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) to develop standards to improve the safety of this type of operation. This code, which includes the standards developed by the IMO, provides guidance and information on safe procedures to be followed during roll-on/roll-off operations to reduce risk to persons and ships. Section 1 looks at the principal sources of danger; section 2 at protection of personnel on ramps and vehicle decks; section 3 at vehicle decks, ships' ramps, lifting appliances and securing arrangements; section 4 at vehicles - suitability for transport by sea; section 5 at stowage and securing; section 6 at specialised vehicles and cargoes; section 7 at the Cargo Securing Manual; and section 8 at related publications.

The contents of this book are divided into four parts. Part one deals with The Catch and covers subjects on world fishing, how fish are caught, and processing, refrigeration and canning. Part two is on the Catchers and comprises the following chapters: Trawlers and draggers; Drifters, trawler-drifters and fish cutters; Line fishers: grand bankers and trollers; Seine netters: European and North American; Tunnymen and Tuna fishers; Fish factory and fish transport ships; Whaling and whale factory ships; Fishery protection: the fishing ship as a warship. Part III is on The Fishing Nations and Communities, and covers: Notes on European Fisheries, Japan’s Fishing ambitions, The Fisheries of North America – some off types, The Fisheries of Central America and the Caribbean, The Fisheries of South America; Fisheries of the colonial West Indies and Bermuda. Part IV is entitled The Story in Brief and is comprised of the chapter The fishing family tree.

For the greater part of this century, until their closure in 1994, the ship model testing tanks at Teddington and Feltham played a major role in the design and development of merchant ships. This book provides a comprehensive record of this important chapter in the history of ship design, from the earliest model experiments to recent research into the behaviour of modern ships including ro-ro ferries. It discusses in detail how the testing tanks were used to solve design problems through research into propulsion, sea conditions and the behaviour of ships, marine vessels and offshore structures. The design and construction of towing tanks as well as associated equipment and instrumentation are also described.

The application of intact stability WC (weather criterion) to ships with large values of both KG-T and B-T like the new large passenger cruise ships requires more stringent rules than those which currently exist. The WC has thus been critically analysed to identify on a historical basis the possible weak points and inconsistencies with modern development of dynamical ship stability and ship design. The possible developments and their impact on ship design are discussed with reference to the design of modern large passenger cruise ships.

A new numerical BEM method is presented. This is based on B-splines and is developed for the calculation of hydrodynamic interaction forces between two ships or between a ship and a pier. B-Spline functions are used to express the 3D ship hull geometry and the velocity potential in the fluid domain. Calculated results for two cases are presented. One corresponds to the interaction forces of two ships moving on parallel courses in a steady configuration the other to the interaction forces for a ship moving at a constant speed passing through a stationary pier. The calculated results agree qualitatively with some experimental and other theoretical results for the interaction forces between ships.

At sea trials on four instrumented ships (Mineral Seraing large ore courier Roi Baudouin car ferry Jordaens and Lukuga cargo liners) monitored ship speed heading power wave excited hull vibrations and environmental conditions. Discussions include vertical and circular vibration frequencies damping factors bending moments slamming and springing in large ships.

General Electric's range of marine main propulsion geared steam turbines for US Navy combatant ships destroyers cruisers and carriers discussed including - early designs for Mahan class ships; later developments and standardization of design; performance tests; safety features; materials construction manufacture; maintenance in-service experience and vibration control.