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Components arrangement and construction of electrical systems (comprising power generation power distribution control and supply to instrumentation) for MO diesel and turbine ships reviewed with attention to advantages limitations reliability and costs and to recommendations of classification societies.

These Rules cover installation of electrical equipment, power supply installations, installation protection and power distribution, low-voltage switchgear assemblies, power electronics, power equipment, medium-voltage installations, control monitoring and ship's safety systems, computer systems, lighting and socket-outlets, cable network, additional rules for electrical propulsion plants, additional rules for passenger vessels, additional rules for tankers, additional rules for ships for the carriage of motor vehicles, additional rules for ships for the carriage of dangerous goods, additional rules for bulk carriers and single hold cargo ships other than bulk carriers, additional rules for ships with ice class, electrical equipment, tests and spare parts.

Review articles on the cruise and leisure industry. There are sections on marketing and public relations, industry issues, creating the product, operations, safety and security, construction and design and destinations and ports. Individual articles include the topics: Public relations in the cruise industry; Niche marketing and past passenger loyalty; Cruising to a safer environment (about recycling and waste disposal); Is a non-polluting cruise industry attainable?; Huma resources - the key for future success; Quality assurance programmes; The art of entertainment; Lighting systems for cruise ships; Rising newbuilding prices - shipbroker's challenge; Modern procurement for cruise ships; Fresh water production on cruise ships; Improving customer service with computer automation; Integrated ship control; Safety rules and shipboard radio systems; New technical safety standards for passenger ships; Fire protection and passenger ship safety; Improving cabin security on passenger ships; Safety at sea developments; Turn-key contracts - the modern way to build cruise ships; Commercialising Navatek I; Stud welding in cruise ship construction; New construction materials - the surface protection; Corrosion protection - a vital necessity.

By describing the evolution of the cargo ship and the development of unit load concept world-wide, this books reveals how design innovations have made a direct contribution to our standard or living. The book begins by setting the scene and revealing interesting facts about the dry cargo ship. This is followed by chapters on the development in each major area: Europe, North America, Japan, the Soviet Union, North Africa, India and South America. The next section of the book covers the various ship designs produced to improve cargo carrying and handling according to the type of unit load: container, barge, pallet, vehicle or heavy load. Part three is devoted to the opinions of men associated with maritime transport services, including shipbrokers, shippers, stevedores and port operators. The last two chapters take a look into the future, covering technical and economic factors and new laws of the sea.

This collectors edition contains a run of monthly 'Ships and Ship Models' magazines, from September 1931 through to August 1932 (Volume 1, No.1 to Volume 1, No. 12). Contents range from the useful 'Ship Modeller's Scrapbook' to model steamer design, an early notice of the work of the late Norman Ough, a series on notable ships and a discussion on the oldest ships afloat 1931-32. Also an article on figureheads, 'How to build a model of a Dutch Admiralty Yacht', ship models in bottles, Ramsgate sailing trawlers and ship models at the Royal United Service Museum.

The development of several container ships where influenced due to the restriction of the Panama Channel. The trend to enlarge the capacity of Panamax container ships is still going on and they are able to carry almost 5100 TEU compared to 4400 TEU in 1984 respectively 3100 TEU of the 3rd generation with practically the same overall dimensions. In the mid eighties the development of Post-Panamax container ships started. The number of shipping companies operating Post-Panamax container ships has been limited at that time. Today Post-Panamax container ships have a large share on the transport volume and vessels approaching the capacity of 12000TEU are under construction. The trend to larger container vessels continued. The break point will be found from economical but not from technical point of view. However new designs are quit often beyond the direct experience of presents vessels and therefore aspects such as structural integrity manoeuvrability propulsion and especially operational management must be carefully considered at an early design stage. Due to this reason Hyundai Heavy Industries and Germanischer Lloyd have started a new 13400 TEU Post-Panamax container ship design where all these aspects should be discussed which has been the guidance of this joint development.

These low-air draught and shallow vessels arrived on the scene in the early 1970s. They are based on the low and burdensome barges seen every day on river and canal systems, but unlike these they are genuine seagoing ships also. The book includes chapters on low air draught ships and Rhine navigation; the Albert Canal; the development of low air draught vessels; changes in tonnage; charterers, managers and shipowners; the modern Rhine sea fleet; and German, Dutch, British, Danish, Belgian, Yugoslav, Polish, Finnish, Norwegian and Japanese built modern Rhine sea ships.

The pattern of fires aboard ships is traced and the reduction in fires in UK registered ships and upward trend worldwide in machinery space fires are considered. Changes in ships since the war dry cargo ships and tankers and engine room fires are discussed. Automatic detection systems including heat smoke and flame radiation detectors and their application to accommodation spaces dry cargo holds and machinery spaces are outlined. Extinguishing and suppression systems eg sprinklers and water spray foam inert gas generators stored gas carbon dioxide and halon eg carbon tetrachloride and methylbromide are described. Fire training and hazard analysis are assessed and arson is mentioned.

Over the past 25 years a number of roll stabilisation devices have been developed for ships of all sizes. A variety of systems are commercially available. The effect of ship size on the roll response of smaller vessels is reviewed. Particular attention is paid to the prevalence of the shorter wave heights and lengths that will cause heavy resonant rolling of ships with short natural roll periods. The choices of various stabiliser types for the general classifications of small ships are reviewed. Model basic and full-scale test results of these ships with and without any type of stabiliser are presented. Particular attention is paid to ship types recently bid or delivered.

Results are given of research conducted within the INSROP Programme on the influence of a small draft of large ice ships upon their hull shape and icebreaking capability. The effect of a small under-keel clearance on the propulsion characteristics ice propulsion and safety of ships navigating in shallow waters is also considered. First the effect of the shallow draft upon the icebreaking capability of ships is looked into. Next the effect of the shallow water on ice propulsion of ships is discussed.

Contents: Early Coasters - the frist Europeans on the west coast were traders Coastal Ships - Steam ships and tugs supply the coast The Ships - Ships and tugs after WWII. Coastal shipping changed in favour of tugs and ferries Cargos - Today many types of cargo are shipped by water Working Cargo - Rigging for handling cargo in sail, steamer and modern container Appendix - Thumbnail history of shipbuilding 1800-1980

The contents of this volume (Volume 2) continue from Volume 1 and are arranged in four parts. Part 4 looks at Stability, Part 5 deals with Resistance, Part 6 covers Propulsion and Part 7 examines the Oscillations (rolling and pitching) of ships.

During World War II Canadian shipyards built more than four hundred merchant ships, most of them 10,000-ton cargo ships. For the first time this extraordinary accomplishment is described in detail, including the design of the ships, their construction, and each ship's operation and history. Also provided is a fold-out plan, to scale, of the British ship from which the Canadian program originated. The dispersal of these ships at the end of the war and the near demise of the Canadian merchant marine is also discussed. Eyewitness accounts bring to life the many adventures of the merchant crewmen who manned these so-called "Forts and Parks" ships. Superbly illustrated, the book is a welcome addition to maritime history and a tribute to the Canadian war effort.

During the last 10-15 years the industry has put significant focus on fatigue analysis methodologies for offshore ships. The reason for this is a larger cost consequence associated with fatigue cracks in these ships compared to traditional tankers. During these years DNV has gained experience from classification of offshore ships experience from a number of detailed fatigue analyses of ships and FPSOs and recommendations achieved through the joint industry project 'Fatigue Capacity of FPSOs. Based on this DNV has found it appropriate to develop a Recommended Practice (DNV-RP-C206) for fatigue design of floating production storage and offloading units and to link this document to classification services offered by DNV. The methodology can also be applied to other types of offshore ships. Some of the background and content of this Recommended Practice is presented.

Part 1 of the book deals with the question of the various types of energy available at time of publication and in the future, for power generation on a world-wide basis. The energy sources covered are: petroleum, natural gas, coal and nuclear power. Part 2 deals with the subject of ships and examines the effects of energy on existing and future ship designs, looking at developments and adaptations in ship design, propulsion, automation and manning.

Navy ships must be able to operate anywhere in the world and visit any port unencumbered by environmental restrictions. The OCNO (Office of the Chief of Naval Operations) has formulated a vision for the environmentally sound ship of the 21st century which will ensure compliance with environmental requirements applicable to Navy ships while maintaining fleet effectiveness and readiness. Navy ships generate a variety of solid and liquid wastes and atmospheric emissions. Ships have limited capabilities for holding wastes for offload to shore. Working closely with the OCNO NAVSEA (the Naval Sea Systems Command) is developing systems equipment and procedures to process and manage ship wastes in an environmentally responsible manner. Several pieces of shipboard equipment have been successfully developed to process solid and liquid waste hazardous materials and ODS (ozone-depleting substances). Navy shipboard wastes the environmental requirements affecting Navy ships and NAVSEA's ongoing and planned Advanced Development RDT&E projects that present environmental technology opportunities for new surface combatant designs are described.

The author begins by giving a series of critical accounts (written from the fireman’s point of view) of a number of major recent disasters by fire to ships at sea (the Morro Castle, the Empire Windrush, the Seistan); to ships in port (the Normandie, the Empress of Canada and others); and to port and harbour installations (including the Texas City holocaust of April, 1947, and the hardly less serious Bombay Docks explosion three years earlier). British Regulations for the prevention and control of fire at sea are next considered. After, the subject of modern firefighting equipment in ships, and to the fire-proofing of vessels in their design and construction. Other chapters deal with the protection of port installations against fire, the training of ships’ personnel in fire prevention and control, the principles of fire-fighting in ships (in port and at sea), and the urgency of international standardization of firefighting equipment an deck nomenclature.

With the continual increases in marine transportation volumes on a global scale the steel plates of container ships have become thicker and thicker with the increased size of ships. Consequently the plate thickness in mega container ships has reached the very heavy thickness range exceeding 70mm a size not common in shipbuilding. Considering this situation a study on the application of new higher strength hull structural steel plates of heavy thickness was conducted targeting 10000TEU to 12000TEU class container ships. the aim is to stop the trend toward further increased thickness of steel plates by using the new stronger steels. This paper addresses the issues to be resolved in order to ensure structural reliability in the application of these new steel plates for mega container ships together with new knowledge obtained through this research.