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1 online resource (62 pages) : illustrations |
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EFFECTS OF DOUBLE-HULL REQUIREMENTS ON OIL SPILL PREVENTION -- Copyright -- Preface -- COMMITTEE COMPOSITION -- SCOPE OF THE STUDY -- Ship Safety and the Protection of the Marine Environment -- Economic Viability of the Maritime Oil Transportation Industry -- Operational Makeup of the Maritime Oil Transportation Industry -- Influence of International Conventions on Tank Vessel Design and Operations -- STUDY METHODS -- Contents -- Executive Summary -- 1 Introduction -- OIL POLLUTION ACT OF 1990 -- FACTORS AFFECTING SHIP SAFETY AND POLLUTION PREVENTION |
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International Regulatory RegimeOther Domestic and International Actions -- Port State Effects on Ship Safety -- Enhanced Ship Surveys and Increased Vetting by Charterers -- 2 Ship Safety and Protection of the Marine Environment -- TRENDS IN OIL SPILLS -- OIL OUTFLOW FROM DOUBLE-HULL TANKERS -- MEASURES FOR REDUCING OUTFLOW FROM SINGLE-HULL TANKERS -- FLEET SAFETY -- International Regime -- Port Safety, Enhanced Surveys, and Improved Vetting -- FINDINGS -- 3 Economic Viability of the Maritime Oil Transportation Industry -- FORECASTS OF TANKER FLEET |
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Historical and Projected Tanker DemandCurrent Tanker Order Book -- Tanker Supply, Demand, and Shipbuilding -- Scrapping -- NEW-BUILDING REQUIREMENTS AND MARKET CAPABILITY -- New-Building Requirements and Shipbuilding Capacity -- Capital Requirements for New Double-Hull Tanker Construction -- COST DATA -- New-Buildings and Conversions: Double-Hull versus Single-Hull -- Single-Hull Operational and Structural Modifications -- Operating Costs Inputs -- Availability of Capital -- REQUIRED FREIGHT RATE ANALYSIS -- JONES ACT TANKERS AND BARGES -- FINDINGS |
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4 Operational Makeup of the Maritime Oil Transportation IndustryOWNERSHIP, 1990 VERSUS 1994 -- USE OF LIGHTERING AND OFFSHORE PORTS, 1990 VERSUS 1994 -- PATTERNS OF SALES, TRANSFERS, AND SCRAPPING -- FINDINGS -- 5 Data on the Design, Construction, Maintenance, and Operation of Double-Hull Vessels -- PROBLEMS AND CONCERNS -- Perceived in 1990 -- Research since 1990 -- Collisions -- Groundings -- Fatigue -- DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION -- Present Practices, Concerns, and Trends -- Producibility: Double Hull versus Single Hull -- INSPECTION AND MAINTENANCE |
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OPERATIONAL CONCERNSCOMPARATIVE EVALUATION OF ALTERNATIVE SINGLE-HULL AND DOUBLE-HULL DESIGNS -- SURVEYS TO BE CONDUCTED AND EVALUATED -- Owners and Operators of Double-Hull Tankers -- Shipyards and Designers Building Double-Hull Tankers, Classification Societies, and Marine Architects -- FINDINGS -- References -- List of Acronyms -- APPENDICES -- APPENDIX A Biographies of Committee Members -- APPENDIX B Questionnaires -- Questionnaire for Owners and Operators of Double-Hull Tank Vessels |
| Notes |
Committee Chair: Douglas C. Wolcott |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Hulls (Naval architecture)
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Metals -- Fatigue.
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Tankers.
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TRANSPORTATION -- Ships & Shipbuilding -- Pictorial.
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Marine & Naval.
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Hulls (Naval architecture)
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Metals -- Fatigue
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Tankers
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Wolcott, Douglas C.
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National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (Section 4115) Implementation Review.
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| ISBN |
0309571715 |
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9780309571715 |
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