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Shipbuilding is one of the few industries where each customer wants a custom-made product rather than a standard one. However there is room for standard ships in the market in niche areas such as tankers and bulk carriers. The concept of addded value standard ships is discussed.

Until 15 years or so ago naval ships followed a quite independent path from commercial vessels in terms of their design and construction standards. Then for a variety of reasons class became inolved. To learn more we recently spoke to Bob Simpson Lloyd's Regiter's Business Manager Naval Ships.

The federal and state actions concerning waste streams from cruise ships are considered. The EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) agreed in response to a petition sent via the Bluewater Network to study cruise ship discharges and waste management approaches. A summary of the progress to date is presented.

Tells his story while serving his time for a mate's ticket

A brief look at Welsh sailing ships and sailors in the 19th century.

The purpose of this paper is to assist Surveyors in the interpretation and implementation of the IMO Guidelines with respect to LR's work. The use of plastic pipes in shore based installations is well established but the application to ships has been limited by safety aspects. These guidelines have opened the door to wider use of plastic pipes on ships.

A calculation method for hydrodynamic interaction forces between ships in meeting and passing conditions in shallow water and for hydrodynamic forces acting on the ship in the proximity of non-uniform bank wall is proposed. This approach is based on the boundary element method. Firstly the computation model is looked at followed by the numerical method. After this the calculation results are discussed and compared with the existing results gained through experiments and with those from other theoretical approaches.

At present SOLAS and the UK Merchant Shipping Lifesaving Appliance regulations do not recognise children under one year as passengers and SOLAS only requires passenger ships to carry children's lifejackets equivalent to 10% of the total number of passengers. More emphasis should be placed on passenger ships carrying specialised lifesaving equipment for infants. Beaufort Air Sea Equipment UK has developed a baby survival cot and Cosalt International has developed an adult lifejacket with a pouch for carrying an infant.

A look is taken at the way in which the Planing Pontoon Seaplanes and Ships (SEPPS) work including their twin-hull design. SEPPS was originally developed to provide a safer and more efficient high-speed operational capability for large cargo seaplanes taking off in open sea wave conditions. Attention is given to application of SEPPS to high speed commercial boats and ships. High speed testing experience is dealt with. Test results from 27 ft. SEPPS prototype HCGEV boat and R/C scale models are given.

Second edition “The purpose of this handbook is to assist shipowners, shipbuilders, marine superintendents, dock authorities, underwriters, ships’ officers and others, to understand a very difficult subject. It deals with the regulations actually in force, and the author has done his best to present the same in a clear and helpful manner, free from confusing technicalities, which, it is hoped, will enable the reader to obtain an intelligent insight into the important essentials which have a direct bearing on the successful operation of ships in their relation to the measurement for register tonnage.” There is also another copy published in 1933.

Tor Lines new dual-concept roro shuttle ships Shuttle Goteborg and Shuttle Karlstad have been specially designed to carry export forest products on Ro-lux cartridges through the Trollhattan Canal to service large sea-going ships and to return with containers on-deck and cargo oil in below deck tanks. Discussions include - principal particulars; general arrangements; hull construction and cargo facilities; and the innovative multi-engined diesel-electric propulsion plant driving steerable cp propellers.

This paper presents a new methodology to evaluate the second-order roll motions of the ships in random seas. The higher-order boundary element method (HOBEM) has been used to generate the second order difference-frequency roll excitations on the ships and the second-order ship roll motions were predicted by a frequency-domain method. A series of model tests have been conducted and the test results have a good agreement with the numerical predictions. Therefore this new method has been verified and validated.

Conf held in London on Jan 7 - 8 1981 Papers are Thermodynamics of waste heat recovery in motor ships The choice of working fluids for power recovery from waste heat streams The measurement of organic fluid thermal properties An improved dual - pressure bottoming cycle for waste heat recovery Heat exchanger design for organic fluid power plant Turbine and feed pump design Electric generation from waste heat in ships and industry Considerations in the application of organic rankine cycle waste heat recovery systems to diesel engined vessels Energy recovery from waste heat by organic rankine cycle turbogenerators

Some disasters involving passenger ferries during the last 35 years are listed. The special risks and claims to which passenger ships are exposed are discussed. In the UK the Occupiers' Liability Act 1957 and the subsequent Athens and London Conventions which limit the liability are described. The legal basis of claims and the situations in which the conventions do not apply are also discussed. Liability under the Package Travel Regulations of 1992 as well as immigration liabilities are considered. Commercial aspects are also relevant in payment to victims and families.

Discussion is presented of the role of environmental organisations in the areas of ships and marine environmental protection. They have recently published a list of recommendations with regard to steps that need to be taken with respect to environmental protection in the North Sea for a conference in late 1995 of the North Sea states. One of the chapters addresses shipping and this is reproduced in full and discusses the issues under the headings of: shipping operational discharges TBT antifouling air pollution ballast water discharge accidents port state control insurance and liability education ship management and technical assistance.

This booklet from the JSEA contains sections on recent trends in ship technology, the latest ships built in Japan (divided by class - passenger/ferry, tankers, gas carriers, product carriers, bulk carriers, containerships, PCCs/PCTCs, Ro/Ro ships, general cargo ships, training ships, ocean research ships, work vessels and others), marine development, navigation systems, engines and propellers, locations of shipyards and works, shipbuilding and shiprepairing facilities in Japan, member companies, government agencies and shipbuilding-related organisations. There is an attached CD in the back flap with additional details.

Ships are very efficient vehicles in terms of payload carried per unit of energy. The paper traces technical and economic developments over a period of 150 years, the Institution's life span. The lecture compares ships with other vehicles, looks at long term trends in machinery and cargo carrying efficiency, examines passenger ferry development, passenger ferry trends and draws conclusions.

Conf held in London Papers are Prospects for marine steam turbines A shipowners comments on steam propulsion VAP turbine plant and its economy Steam propulsion for modern ships Marine boilers for very advanced purposes Marine boilers for low horsepower ships Experience with installation and ste am propulsion plants What makes a good marine boiler feed pump Steam propulsion controls Valves at sea Turbines and gears for modern ship propulsion systems The VAP turbine machine