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Conf held in London on 20-21 april 1983 Papers are Review of merchant ships Military use of commercial shipping in tension and war Ships taken up from trade Background to the wartime adaption of merchant ships A shipowner's view Containerized communication systems within the maritime environment Harrier operations from ships Containerisation of digital weapon control and command systems Close range naval anti-aircraft guns for merchant ship defence SCADS Shipbourne Containerised Air Defence System Operation of helicopters from merchant ships Containerised naval weapon systems for merchant ships Adaptation of existing equipment to provide low-cost surface/air warning HELO control and target indication in merchant ships in time of emergency Containerisation of gun systems Containerised anti-ship missile decoy systems Display systems for use in modern warships Surveillance and target indication for the modern warship Breathing air and aid to tactical survival

A directory of Russian merchant ships, this part focusing on ro/ro and container ships. Written in German.

Session One - Ships in Design, Construction and Operation N Hubbard and P Dowell, 'The Charter Market and Earning Opportunities for Containerships' Dr.Ing A Kraus, 'Development, Design and Construction of Containerships at HDW' D G Capaitzis, 'Feeders from Turkey' Session 2 - Ship Design Dr A K Chatterjee, 'A Computer Model for Preliminary Design and Economics of Containerships' Prof. G E Hearn and P N H Wright, 'Design for Optimal Hyrodynamic Operation of Large Container Ships' Session 3 - The Classification Society Perspective M Lebrun, 'Design Consideration of Very Large Containerships' W Fricke and L Muller, 'Innovative Container Ship Designs' W Magelssen, K Dohlie and E Roglan, 'Cost Effective Design and Safety of Container Ships' P J Catchpole, 'Ship Emergency Response for Container Ships' Session 4 - Container Shipping, The Future A Kroneberg, 'A Scenario Based Exploration of Future Innovations in the Container Shipping Industry' Dr P K Pal and D Peacock, 'Hatchcoverless Container Ships for the 21st Century' Session 5 - Ship Management Dr N E Mikelis, 'The Development of an Enterprise System for Ship Management in Accordance with the ISM Code' Session 6 - Ships Structures V V Ivannikov, 'Steel Optimisation While Designing Sea-River (SRG) Container Carriers' Dr.Ing E Brunner, 'Some Aspects of the Design of Hatch Covers for Container Vessels' R Spencer, 'Structural Design of the Latest and Largest Containerships'

Symposium held in Newcastle 15 October 1974 and in London on 17th October, 1974, on Automation in Ships.

The amount of oil dumped into the seas by shipping is assessed. Shortcomings of the de-oiling systems installed on ships today are discussed. More effective methods of separating oil from ships' bilge and ballast waters are proposed. Special ships equipped with non-conventional separation units for receiving oily waters from ships are proposed and described.

The growth in size of container ships has been in particularly significant over the past few years. The introduction of larger container ships has brought with it not only new design developements but also a number of operational challenges such as the effect of increased ship speed and the tendency to drive the ships through adverse weather. Consequently modern container ships can be exposed to increased risk bow flare slamming damage. Lloyd's register pioneered the work on the ultra-large container ship (UCLS) concept and is working together with major ship designers builders and owners to improve the design of large container ships. This paper will present the development work being carried out by Lloyd's Register on the topic of bow flare slamming addressing the contributing factors to the bow flare slamming damages.

This is a manual for the construction of seagoing merchant ships and war-ships. Chapters cover Joiner's work, plate work and accommodations (including ceiling and cargo battens, wood and steel hatch covers, grain bulkheads, materials for joiner work, locks, hinges and fittings, partitions, sheatings and ceilings, furniture, upholstery, wooden and steel interior staircases and elevators); Wood decks and deck coverings; Insulation and refrigerating machinery (including comparison of insulations, fixing of insulating materials, arrangement of refrigerated holds, fire-proof bulkheads, refrigerating machinery); Pipe work, fire extinguishing, ventilation and heating; (including various piping materials, valve types and fittings, sanitary equipment, pipe lines, pipe lines on tankers, fire extinguishing installations, ventilation, air conditioning, heating of accommodations) and Preservation, paint work and tank testing.

This book looks at the basics of sailing ships, and includes three dimensional illustrations which fold out when you open the pages.

After almost two decades since the advent of MO notations for unattended machinery spaces NKK has more than 1000 such ships in its registry. NKK has studied statistics about failures and alarms on machinery and equipment in MO ships with a view to evaluating their reliability. This paper presents the updated statistics including those from MO ships of the latest generation and point out the problems to be solved in pursuit of safer and more reliable operation of MO ships.

Conf held in New York on 21 - 22 Oct 1980 Papers are The economics and rationale for the shipowner The world coal trade Design forum a delphic study The feasibility of coal fired ships Design considerations for coal burning ships up to panamax size Elvino derdini Coal fired ships - how to make them really viable The rationale of bunkering Classification society requirements Coal as fuel Fluidised beds at sea Coal fired marine boiler plant Mechanical stokers at sea Mechanical transfer of coal on board The potential for US coal in world coal trade The American merchant fleet Feasibility of the coal fired ships Design considerations for coal burning ships up to panamax size pneumatic transfer of coal on board

The first volume contains sections on: Steam ships (oil and gas carriers, container ships, passenger liners, market merchant ship machinery after World War II), Designs of the leading international marine turbine makers (American, British, Japanese and West German), Development of the Swedish marine turbine 1915-1965 (De Laval, P1, 2 and 3 machinery), Swedish turbine production 1965-1980 (Stal-Laval AP machinery) and The Gas turbine goes to sea (use of supercharged diesel engines, jet engine, gas turbines for merchant and naval ships). The second volume contains sections on: Turbine development in the U.S. Navy, Royal Navy (destroyers, battleship machinery, aircraft carrier, cruiser) and Japan, Naval turbine manufacturers in Continental Europe, Warship machinery from the Swedish de Laval Company and The fastest, biggest and last on North Atlantic run (Luisitania and Mauretania, Leviathan, Bremen and Europa, Normandie, 'Queen Mary' and 'Queen Elizabeth' and 'Queen Elizabeth 2). The third volume contains sections on: 'Turbinia', British naval turbine developments 1899-1927 (Parson's destroyers, Turbin-driven cruisers and capital ships, battle cruisers, the 'Hood'), First turbine ships in the Swedish Navy (Hugin, Munin' and 'Sverige'-class ships), Developments in the USA 1897-1927 (first turbine ships, 'Neptune', turbo-electric machinery, 'Salt Lake City' and the 'Great Disc-Flutter', Short biographies of turbine pioneers 1897-1927.

UCAVs (uninhabited combat air vehicles) are now being developed and tested in the USA. In view of these spectacular projects questions arise about comparable developments for ships. With technical progress has come a general reduction in ship's crew. Crew reduction of up to 90% is now being sought in specifications for future destroyers of the US navy. Here an overview of techniques collectively grouped under the label 'Artificial Intelligence' for low-crew or even unmanned ships is given with special focus on navy ships. Knowledge-based systems machine vision speech and gesture interpretation distributed intelligence are discussed with recent research applications worldwide given to illustrate progress and problems in implementing these techniques to ships.

Conf was held on Feburary 1977 in Gothenburg Sweden Papers are Acccommodation and workspace design checklist for use by naval architects Human factors integrated technology for the total ship planning and aquisition cycle Application of human engineering research to ship operation Two studies for optimising operating bridges and their application in inland and sea navigation Ship handling and reliability Human factors and dispersed automation on board ships The navigator ship handling in rough weather and hull surveillance systems Human factors in the development of a standarised bridge for the US merchant marine Evaluation of bridge layout by means of a mock-up Ships bridge and wheelhouse ergonomics design study An experimental evaluation of a "one-man-control" bridge layout Functional bridge design Case study in superstructure design Design of hospital rooms and sick bays on ships Simulation studies on evacuation times of passengers and crew on board ship Psychology and simulation in the application to ships radar Behaviour of navigators in critical traffic situations CAORF simulation-based human factors research in ship navigation and control Evaluation of an automatic marine radar plotter Human factors aspects of ship handling Simulation studies of manual control of ships in low speed offshore operations Difficulties in ship manoeuvering work and strain experience by ship handlers Pilot decision making while manoeuvering ships in confined waters

The current 100-strong US private fleet of technical service ships is divided into two groups - at least 28 ships gather seismic and geophysical data worldwide and the rest are multipurpose ships which fluctuates in response to market opportunity. The seismic ships tend to be newer mission-focused ships while the others consist of various hull forms including fishing vessels offshore supply boats and ex-military craft which have converted for use in a full range of marine technical projects.

Antarctica is surrounded by some of the world's most hazardous seas and was first sighted less than three centuries ago. Since then, hundreds of ships have voyaged in Antarctic waters, challenged by poorly charted waters, storms, pack ice, icebergs, and disease. This is the story of these ships - some specially designed, some plucked from obscurity - and the critical role they played in opening up the continent. With technical information, plans, photos, paintings and maps Rorke Bryan begins the detailed information about the ships: from the earliest sightings of the 15th century up to the tourist ships and sophisticated reinforced research vessels of today into a single comprehensive volume.

The history of the Royal ships on the Thames before 1450 is charted. King John was the first King of England to set up administrative machinery especially for building and maintaining ships. It was not until the reign of Edward the Third that the administrative centre of activity concerned with royal ships moved to London. Details about royal ships at this period largely come from financial records. In the reign of Henry the Fourth (1399 - 1413) only five vessels were in royal ownership. Although the number of ships was much smaller than in the reign of Edward the Third a more regular system of administration seems to have been established. During the winter months (November to February) the ships were laid-up in a dock (probably a mud berth) near Ratcliff or Wapping. In the spring they were re-rigged and put back in the water. By the middle of Henry the Fourth's reign the whole office was clearly operating on a shoestring. In the reign of Henry the Fifth (1413-1422) preparations for his anticipated campaign in France immediately impacted on the work of the Clerk of the King's Ships. Almost imperceptibly the centre of gravity for the royal ships was moving away from the Thames towards the South Coast. The reasons for this are explored but they are primarily timber-related but also possibly to do with the supply of skilled labour.