SHIPOWNER'S REQUIREMENTS AND EXPERIENCE WITH IN-WATER MAINTENANCE

Considerable work has been carried out on techniques of surveys in water, and methods of cleaning and painting VLCC afloat are constantly developing. There is a growing opinion in the shipping world that VLCC may have to operate for long periods without a dry dock and it is considered that only by thinking in "no-dock" terms can the necessary solutions to the many problems be found. The paper considers the factors that gave rise to the "in-water" philosophy and states the requirements that must be met if such a policy was adopted.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • In-Water Maintenance on Ships, Conference, Proceedings, Pap and Discuss, London, England, Jan 15, 1975. Published for Institute of Mar Eng (Trans, Ser B), London England.
• Corporate Authors:

  PTJ Publishing Incorporated

  P.O. Box 1025
  Bloomington, Indiana,   United States 
• Authors:
  • Dickinson, J A
  • Barker, W
• Conference:
  • In-Water Maintenance on Ships, Conference, Proceedings, Pap and Discuss, London, England, Jan 15, 1975. Published for Institute of Mar Eng (Trans, Ser B), London England.
• Publication Date: 1975

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 3-9

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Drydock operations; Hulls; Inspection; Vehicle maintenance; Very large crude carriers
• Uncontrolled Terms: Underwater inspection
• Old TRIS Terms: Hull inspection; Hull maintenance (In water)
• Subject Areas: Maintenance and Preservation; Marine Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00141399
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Engineering Index
• Report/Paper Numbers: Proc. Pap.
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Oct 26 1976 12:00AM