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Drydocking maintaining and repairing VLCC's needs special management equipment and organisation due to the large size of vessel and components. Problems and solutions are highlighted- manoeuvring into dock surface preparation and coating the outerbottom work on rudder and tail shafttanks and machinery spaces.

A shipyards approach to using mathematical methods to obtain correct shaft alignment during initial calculations system design and layout and vessel construction is described

The founding structure and work of the CEI (Council of Engineering Industries) and the ERB (Engineers Registration Board) their role in education and training of marine engineers and the qualifications awarded are discussed. Career structures are considered.

An attempt is made to give a general view of the safety in the ship system design process the roles of the yard class owner system supplier and passengers. First a look is taken at the stakeholders in passenger ship safety followed by who will pay for safety and the issue of "foolproof ships". Next system design for safety is addressed covering naval architectural tasks ship systems design for safety and larger passenger ships. After this rules are considered covering prescriptive regulations versus development of technology and some difficulties experienced at the yard. Lastly a case dealing with blackout at sea is looked at and commented on.

Understanding and dealing with environmental problems moves faster than the associated legislation. Therefore shipowners to please the most demanding of their customers have to create their own standards and regulations to deal with them. Ten well-known marine environmental problems are presented. These include: oil; noxious liquid substances carried in bulk; packed harmful substances; sewage; garbage; air pollution; TBT (tributylin) in anti-fouling; ballast water; PRFs (port reception facilities); and ship recycling. A short description is give for each of them together with some consideration of the status of laws and regulations and possible methods of dealing with the problems.

This paper describes the R&D efforts being made to meet shipowners' requirements for the super efficient ship of the future. The latest developments in the Danish six-man crew project and the use of a novel modular control system are presented. The benefits of control and surveillance integration are proposed. A brief report on the system developed by Lyngso Marine for the worlds largest reefer vessel is given.

An engineering model of support structure design and installation is being developed as part of the Dutch Offshore Wind Energy Converter (DOWEC) project. The background of the model and some examples of its applications are presented showing that the model can be used in concept selection wind farm optimisation and the process of support structure pre-design. After some introductory information a look is taken at the structural design criteria followed by costs and durations of tasks. Next design loop and optimisation is touched upon. Examples are given. Lastly conclusions are drawn and future development is considered.

Training and education of marine engineers in aspects of refrigeration and air conditioning reviewed Specialised courses leading to endorsement of Certificates of Competency proposed

Aspects of education and training systems necessary to provide ships officers with skills appropriate to the merchant shipping industry of the future are discussed

A specially designed computer program using mean process values of the cylinder of one operation cycle is described. The working process calculation is carried out for the whole operation area before the transient simulation is started. The results are stored in an n-dimensional characteristic map. During the simulation the necessary process values are interpolated out of the map. By using an equivalence function the course of the cylinder torque can be reconstructed quite successfully. The different components of the engine can be described either by an equation (eg governor nozzle) a characteristic map (eg cylinder compressor turbine) or both (eg friction). Simulation result and dynamic torque reproduction are discussed.

Attention is paid to the design and construction of BNF vessels specially constructed for the carriage of irradiated fuel for commercial reprocessing. Reliability assessment and hazard analysis of the whole operation including marine hazards are dealt with here. The consequences of the loss of a vessel at sea the monitoring and recovery of a vessel from the seabed are also addressed.

Bridge control systems developed by R.W Instrumentation and Controls Ltd for medium and slow speed diesel engines new buildings and retrofit are described - electro-pneumatic design philosophy; application in distant water and coastal vessels; system diagrams; design program (logic interlock modes of failure back-up fault monitoring alarm); positioning of equipment on board ship; costs; commissioning schedule.

The extension of current risk assessment and cost benefit analysis to include a quantification of uncertainty involves little computational difficulty and has a number of benefits. Uncertainties include those in data and methodology and may occur in the identification of options hazard identification consequence modelling and establishing the value of a life. A practical scheme for quantitative assessment of overall uncertainty is given along with examples from projects.

A consideration of technically and politically influenced changes in marine developments with particular reference to propulsion systems condition and performance monitoring and the environment. Changes are assessed and their likely influence on ship operations and survey practices are determined from research data collected from a LR study. Topics include propulsors and studies of wake fields NOx emission reduction and maintenance and monitoring.

Brief notes are presented on tropical cyclone facts and figures the history of tropical cyclone forecasting at the UK meteorological office and a new initialisation technique.

Designing low and medium power vapour turbines bearings and feed pumps for high efficiency in specific applications is discussed

The MST - 21 steam turbine design project of GEC concerns the application of advanced steam technology to low powered propulsion systems High steam conditions; improved equipment; reheat and non reheat cycles; machinery and control; attached auxiliaries; coupled units for twin screw drive; improved part load performance; and condition monitoring are discussed

Main types of offshore structure used by oil companies include mobile (drilling ships jack up rig semi submersible rigs) fixed (jacket and gravity structures) compliant and sub sea units

Experience with the design installation and operation of unattended machinery spaces in the steam tankers of the Shell Group is discussed with special attention to the main features of the systems and to the nature triggering and testing of alarms.

This paper describes the development of a generalised Alarm and Monitor System (AMS) for application to almost any type of machinery installation. The reasoning behind the philosophy is expounded and the organisation of the system illustrated. The application of the system to the QE2 is described.