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      <title>SAFETY IN THE SPANISH MERCHANT FLEET</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[In this article data and statistics are given to show the level of safety in the Spanish fleet and how it compares with other merchant fleets.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 14 Aug 1995 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>CREW NEGLIGENCE AND MAJOR CASUALTIES AT SEA</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The article looks at penalties, under English civil law, which may be suffered by shipowners who do not properly man their vessels. Manning is or should be an important area of management, unfortunately, this is not so in the case of many ship operators.  Proper manning and the need for training are discussed.  Limitation of liability is dealt with and illustrated by actual cases.  International conventions on manning are seen as the only way to remedy the situation as the insurers are unlikely to take sufficient steps to improve the position in the future.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 1981 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>A LIMITED SURVEY OF SHIP STRUCTURAL DAMAGE</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[A limited investigation, conducted to determine the availability of data on ship casualties involving structural damage, revealed 824 applicable cases. A method was devised for reducing reported casualty data into a format adaptable to automatic tabulation and analysis. Collision with fixed and mobile structures was found to be the predominant cause of structural damage; heavy weather damage to the forefoot and forward weather deck also occurred with significant frequency. Patterns of damage frequency and location existed on a number of classes of ships.  These have been interpreted to indicate how structures could be altered to reduce the damage sustained. Recommendations are made to continue the data collection and analysis program and to investigate more extensively the ways in which significant structural design information can be extracted.  (Author)]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 1981 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>COLLISION OF M/V STAR LIGHT (GREEK) AND THE USS FRANCIS MARION, NORFOLK, VIRGINIA - MARCH 4, 1979. MARINE ACCIDENT</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[About 0842, e.s.t., on March 4, 1979, the outbound Greek cargo ship M/V STAR LIGHT and the inbound U.S. Navy amphibious assault ship USS FRANCIS MARION (LPA-249) collided at the entrance of the Chesapeake Bay about 15 nmi east of Norfolk, Virginia. The bow of the STAR LIGHT struck amidship on the starboard side of the FRANCIS MARION. There were no deaths; however, three naval personnel were injured in the accident. Damage to the vessels was estimated at about $3.5 million. The National Transportation Safety Board determines that the probable cause of this accident was the failure of the master of the STAR LIGHT to comply with the starboard-to-starboard passing agreement that was made with the FRANCIS MARION. Contributing to the accident were the failure of the STAR LIGHT's navigation watch to plot the radar data, and the relatively high closing speeds of both vessels.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 29 Dec 1980 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>TRANSPORTATION SAFETY INFORMATION REPORT</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The 'Transportation Safety Information Report,' published quarterly, is a compendium of selected national-level transportation safety statistics for all modes of transportation. Each report presents current safety data on transportation fatalities, accidents, and injuries on a monthly and quarterly basis over a 2-year period.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 19 Dec 1980 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>STUDY OF TASK PERFORMANCE PROBLEMS IN REPORTS OF COLLISIONS, RAMMINGS, AND GROUNDINGS IN HARBORS AND ENTRANCES</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[This is a study of vessel accidents in harbors and harbor entrance areas. It addresses accidents involving at least one ship of more than 10,000 gross registered tons or a tug or towboat-barge array. The study period is fy 1972-76. The first objective was to identify patterns in accident causal factors, especially the coincidence of characteristics of the maneuvering situation and problems in task performance by the vessel controller. An additional objective was to evaluate the potential of proposed solutions to vessel control problems. The study involved controlled data-taking from the archive of accident reports maintained by the U.S. Coast Guard. A multivariate analysis design was employed to allow combinations of factors to be explored, since vessel accidents rarely can be attributed to a single cause.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 07 Nov 1980 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>MARINE OPERATIONS OFFSHORE: AVOIDING MISMATCH BETWEEN TECHNOLOGY AND HUMAN FACTORS IN ADVANCED SHIP DESIGN</title>
      <link>https://trid.trb.org/View/155111</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The object of this paper is to encourage the examination of human factors in the sectors of the industry involved in advanced ship design on the basis that the vessels will only be as good as the men who operate them.  Information on accidents to seamen on UK ships in the period 1970-1976 is given as well as accidents on or near offshore installations.  Order from NSFI as No. 19605.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 08 Oct 1980 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>SOUTH AFRICAN MERCHANT SHIPS</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[A history of S African merchant shipping, with special reference to the period after 1910.  The story of the development of S African merchant ships from the early schooners pioneering the coastal trade to the modern, high-sophisticated containerships.  There is a wealth of anecdote about ships, owners, shipwrecks, cargoes, commercial problems, financing and the personalities involved.  108 photographs of ships amplify the text, and there are maps and diagrams that illustrate development.  A comprehensive list of vessels, with tabulated owners, names, etc. provides an invaluable record for the period 1910-79.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 09 Jun 1980 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>CRITICAL EVALUATION OF LOW ENERGY SHIP COLLISION DAMAGE THEORIES AND DESIGN METHODOLOGIES</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[This paper represents a step forward in the development of reliable methods for designing hull structures to resist low energy collisions.  Data sources include model experiments and full scale information obtained from ship casualty records.  The assumptions made by existing theories are assessed, and the collision energy absorption mechanisms are ranked.  Finally, recommendations are made for improving the usefulness of existing design methods.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 07 May 1980 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>TANKERS AND THE FLAGS THEY FLY</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The report deals with flags of convenience for oil tankers. The main purpose of the report is to put the widely used and equally widely misunderstood practice of flags of convenience into perspective.  It also touches on what is being done to get rid of substandard vessels.  The report concludes that flags of convenience have created more advantages than disadvantages.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 07 May 1980 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>ANALYSIS OF MARINE INCIDENTS IN PORTS AND HARBORS 1976</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[This Report describes a pilot study carried out by the National Physical Laboratory, at the request of the National Ports Council, to collect, collate and analyse the data on incidents occurring in 10 British ports.  Preliminary analysis of results showed that some two-thirds of incidents were impacts or strikings, nearly all of which involved contact with dock installations.  In contrast, the number of collisions, explosions and fires was low, and mainly involved dry cargo vessels and barges, but relatively few tankers.  Order from BSRA as No. 52,380.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 07 May 1980 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>COLLISION OF THE S/T TEXACO IOWA AND THE M/T BURMAH SPAR, ON THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER, PILOTTOWN, LOUISIANA, OCTOBER 3, 1978. MARINE ACCIDENT REPORT</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[At 0420, on October 3, 1978, the S/T TEXACO IOWA collided with the M/T BURMAH SPAR while both tank vessels were inbound and maneuvering in the pilot exchange area off Pilottown, Louisiana.  The total damage to the vessels was estimated at $680,000.  No persons were injured in this accident.  The National Transportation Safety Board determines that the probable cause of this accident was the failure of the bar pilot and the master to navigate the TEXACO IOWA at a safe distance from the BURMAH SPAR while maneuvering to change pilots.  Contributing to the accident was the TEXACO IOWA bar pilot's misjudgment of the vessels' relative speeds and his failure to observe the Inland Rules of the Road, the delayed reaction of the master of the TEXACO IOWA in directing evasive maneuvers, and the failure of the pilots to establish bridge-to-bridge radiotelephone communications before the collision.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 07 May 1980 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>COLLISION OF GREEK BULK CARRIER M/V IRENE S. LEMOS AND PANAMANIAN BULK CARRIER M/V MARITIME JUSTICE LOWER MISSISSIPPI RIVER NEAR NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA, NOVEMBER 9, 1978. MARINE ACCIDENT REPORT</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[A5 0640 c.s.t., on November 9, 1978, the Greek bulk carrier M/V IRENE S. LEMOS and the Panamanian bulk carrier M/V MARITIME JUSTICE collided in the lower Mississippi River at mile 78.3 AHP, about 15 statute miles below New Orleans, Louisiana.  Because of dense fog, the visibility at the time of the collision was less than 400 feet.  The vessels struck nearly head-on, damaging the bows of both vessels.  There were no deaths or injuries.  Cost of repairs to the two vessels was estimated at $4 million.  About 1,800 barrels of fuel oil were discharged into the Mississippi River and resulted in local health officials securing the municipal water intake 1/2 mile downriver.  The National Transportation Safety Board determines that the probable cause of the accident was the poor judgment of the pilots of the MARITIME JUSTICE and the ERENE S. LEMOS when they agreed to meet and pass, in near zero visibility conditions, at English Turn Bend where the risk of collision was much greater than in a straight portion of the river and the failure of the vessels to move to the extreme right of the channel.  Contributing to the accident was the failure of the mate of the MARITIME JUSTICE and the master of the IRENE S. LEMOS to exercise their responsibility to assure that the vessels were navigated safely, rather than indiscriminately relying on the pilots of the vessels.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 07 May 1980 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>COMMERCIAL VESSEL SAFETY RISK ASSESSMENT STUDY. VOLUME II. RISK ASSESSMENT METHODOLOGY SURVEY</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[This volume documents the results of a survey of risk assessment methodologies, performed as part two of a three part marine risk assessment study for the U. S. Coast Guard. Part one, a survey of data systems pertinent to marine risk assessments is documented in Volume 1 (AD-A077 719). A set of exercises demonstrating the application of selected methodologies and data to evaluate the risks of hazardous chemical transport is discussed in Volume 3. For this portion of the study, 34 risk assessment studies were reviewed and 12 of these were selected for further analysis. These 12 represent a spectrum of methodologies for evaluating the various risk elements involved in hazardous material transport, including probability of an accident, probability of release of the hazardous material, physicochemical reactions of the released material with the water and/or air, and resulting damage to persons, property, and the environment. Methods of evaluating accident and spill probabilities include statistical analysis of historical data, analytic equations expressing the kinematics of accident scenarios, computer simulation of ship movements, generation of fault trees relating the various possible event sequences leading to accidents, and subjective probability evaluation based on personnel judgment.  Consequence models reviewed include computer models of the movement of oil spills on water and the physicochemical reactions of spills of hazardous chemicals such as LNG, chlorine, ammonia, etc. and their effects on personal and property.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 27 Feb 1980 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>COMMERCIAL VESSEL SAFETY. RISK ASSESSMENT STUDY. VOLUME I. SURVEY OF DATA FOR MARINE RISK ASSESSMENT</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The effort discussed in this volume involved a survey and evaluation of data applicable to the evaluation of the risks involved in marine operations. This survey forms part one of a three part risk assessment study for the U. S. Coast Guard. Volume II is a survey and evaluation of risk assessment methodologies and Volume III is a demonstration and evaluation of the applications of selected methodologies and data to specific risk assessments involving barge transport of hazardous chemicals. Twenty three data systems in the following categories were reviewed: marine safety activities, marine pollution, marine traffic, vessel repair costs, vessel accidents, personnel injuries, vessel population, and vessel violation injuries. Discussions of each system include, where appropriate information is available, sources of the data, procedures for collecting and recording the data, and potential error sources.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 27 Feb 1980 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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