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The large deck area and superior seakeeping of multi-hull ships such as SWATH make them excellently suited for carrying helicopters and airplanes. The high seakeeping of SWATH is conditioned by small disturbing forces and moments nearly doubled natural periods of motion and the relatively high possibility of the motion control. The operability indexes of ships of different displacements are estimated. A concept of the super-fast patrol ship with a helicopter is proposed. Some options of the SWATH ships with helicopters are considered: patrol and attack corvettes and 'all weather' frigates. The pocket and nuclear-powered aircraft carriers with two fly-on-fly-off systems are presented.

Isambard Kingdom Brunel was one of the most celebrated and innovative engineers of his day. He helped design a number of revolutionary steamships: the first transatlantic paddle-steamer Great Western, the first iron-built screw-driven liner Great Britain, and the largest ship in the world for almost half a century Great Eastern. Besides these well-known wonders, Brunel also worked with the British Admiralty on the introduction of the screw propeller into the naval service. Although legendary in the maritime world, Brunel and the story of his ships have been surrounded by myth and self-created propaganda. This heavily illustrated book sets the record straight. A talented team of writers, including a marine engineer, a historian, and a naval architect have combined their expertise to analyze the scientific and economic context of the period, the reality of Brunel's contributions, and the technical features of his ships. They shed new light on some of the biggest names of nineteenth-century shipbuilding and provide never-before-published images to illustrate this great age of innovation.

NOTE - This is a BMT duplicated conference holding thus papers abstracted in Chapter 26 are: A computer model for preliminary design and economics of containerships Design considerations of very large containerships Innovative container ship designs Cost effective design and safety of container ships Hatchcoverless container ships for the 21st century Steel optimisation while designing at sea - river going (SRG) containercarriers Some aspects of the design of hatch covers for container vessels A scenario based exploration of future innovations in the container shipping industry The development of an enterprise system for ship management in accordance withthe ISM Code Structural design of the latest and largest containerships The charter market and earning opportunities for containerships Development design and construction of container ships at HDW Feeders from Turkey

The authors were, in a partnership of over a third of a century, involved in the design, construction and equipping of a wide variety of short-sea and estuarial ships, passenger ferries, passenger and vehicle ferries, train ferries and cellular container ships. Their careers also span the development of the ro-ro concept. This publication intends to set out not only a factual account of the acquisition of the 'hardware' for the Sealink fleet, but also to record much of the background to the building of that fleet. The book covers the team, design, railway shipping, new builds, conversions, ships bought or chartered, projects not completed, the ship/shore interface, and other items of interest such as notable firsts and assisting the National Maritime Museum.

A directory of Russian merchant ships, this part focusing on cargo ships of between 5,000 and 10, 000 dwt carrying capacity. Written in German.

Investigations into hydroelasticity of ships commenced in the 1970s. Since then the theory has been employed to predict the responses of a wide range of marine structures, such as mono- and multihulled ships, offshore structures, and VLFS. In recent years, with increasing market demands for new buildings of slender ocean going carriers and the continuously updated high-speed and unconventional multihulled designs, the maritime industry began to notice the advantage of assessing the usefulness and applicability of hydroelasticity in ship design. At first instance, the aim of this paper is to illustrate some of the applications of hydroelasticity theory to ships, with particular reference to recent and ongoing developments focusing on ship design applications and the effects of non-linearities and viscous flows. The paper also discusses the longer term potential use of weakly and fully non-linear fluid–structure interaction, as well as Navier–Stokes based fluid dynamic methods, for the improved modelling of ship dynamic response problems.

Design aspects of the survivability of merchant and surface naval ships (here ro-ro passenger ship) are addressed. It is aimed to introduce a new safety philosophy based on the stability and floatability of a vessel after hull damage which will support early design decisions. Naval and passenger ship dimensions are explained. A survivability performance analysis for naval ships is presented. The proposed methodology is applied to a standard destroyer type of naval ship. The ro-ro passenger ship design procedure is discussed and a modification of the formula of the Attained Subdivision Index of passenger ships is proposed.

The book introduces the theory of the structural loading on ships and offshore structures caused by wind, waves and currents and also describes the applications of this theory in terms of real structures. The main topics described are: linear-wave induced motions and loads on floating structures, numerical methods for ascertaining wave induced motions and loads second-order non-linear problems, viscous loads and damping, station-keeping and water impact and entry. Applications of the theoretical principles are covered, including conventional ships, barges, high speed marine vehicles, semi-submersibles, tension leg platforms, moored or dynamic positioned ships, risers, buoys, fishing nets, jacket structures and gravity platforms.

Co-operation between robots is an important contemporary issue. This can be translated to the marine environment either using marine robots or introducing automatics in the operations of ships. General research on this type of problem has begun after several years of developing autonomous robotised ships. Several scenarios have been proposed for the study of co-operation details. Here the focus in a very interesting case which is representative of other cases: several ships towing booms for oil spill over confinement. It appears that the co-operation problem is not trivial. Along the operation several phases can be distinguished and several co-ordination problems and needs appear. A computer simulation has been developed after physics-based analysis and some initial co-ordinated control strategies have been proposed and tested. These strategies are supposed to be applied through verbal orders to captains. Through the operation phases the role of the captain changes towards an adaptive co-ordination.

These Instructions are issued by the Department of Trade for the guidance of their marine surveyors in surveying passenger ships under the provisions of the Merchant Shipping Acts. They indicate to shipowners, shipbuilders and others the procedure followed by the Department for the survey of passenger ships, as well as the conditions under which passenger and safety certificates, and passenger certificates, are issued. Volume 2 contains Part 6 on the hull and watertight subdivision, Part 7 on fire protection, and Part 8 on passenger accommodation. Volume 1 contains Parts 1 to 5. Volume 2 contains Parts 6 to 8. Volume 3 contains Flooding Curves and Tables.

Wash produced by fast ships can pose a significant risk to the users of the coastal region unless the routes and operational procedures are optimised. It is essential that ferry operators understand the nature of the potential risk and the measures which can be applied to reduce and even eliminate the problem. Stenaline Scotland commissioned an interactive computer-based training package to instruct naval officers on the nature and potential risks associated with the operation of fast ships in restricted coasted waters. The training software is described. It is divided into four sections: basic wave theory; waves produced by ships; historic problems and solutions for route optimisation and risk assessment.

The two volumes provide information on many notable ships as well as on a large number that are little known outside their native shores.

This booklet on the Upper Lakes Shipping company gives background and history of the company and its fleet and biographies of the ships.

The relatively small fast ferries are the traditional domain of composite transmission shafts but a recent application has been a 24500gt cruise ship. Will their beneficial operational features outweigh their higher initial cost for large ships? Centa Transmissions is seeing more interest in the benefits of these lightweight noise reducing shafts from operators of bigger merchant ships.

TNH Hydrographic Ship Consortium (comprising NQEA Australia Pty Ltd and HDW and Thyssen Rheinstahl Technik from Germany) has been selected for the construction and follow-on support of the Royal Australian Navy's hydrographic ships under Project Sea 1401. The TNH contract includes two vessels and their survey equipment and outfit for eight survey motor boats (SMBs). The hydrographic ships will be built from mild steel with an aluminium superstructure.

An economic study examines the effects of higher steam pressures and temperatures on machinery and operating costs (crew fuel lubrication water maintenance repair) for various cargo and passenger ships. Details of the ships steam conditions cargo weights and fuel rate calculations are included.

The Guidance Note defines the technical requirements to be applied for the granting of one of the Automation Marks foreseen by the Rules for the Construction and Classification of Steel Ships.

A review of piping and pumping systems necessary to the increasingly technologically advanced specialist ships such as chemical carriers oil tankers LNG carriers and factory processing ships is given and discussed with special reference to: bilge and ballast systems; gaseous fuels burning systems; venting flaring and waste gas incineration systems; flare systems; incinerators; and systems for the ventilation of manned process spaces.

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.