Don’t miss out on what could be your
last opportunity to exhibit at The World Maritime
Technology Exposition! The Exposition is 96% full, and space is
now very limited. Please view this floor
plan, note available booths, and contact Rob
Howard with The Maritime Group if you are interested. Click
here for more information on securing one of the last remaining booths for
this exciting Expo!
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Update on SNAME Ad Hoc Panel #11
Evaluation of Accidental
Oil Spills from Bunker Tanks
Ad
Hoc Panel #11 would like to alert SNAME members to the fact
that IMO is now considering proposals to require double hull protection for
bunker tanks. In the opinion of the Panel, this would have a significant impact
on the future design of certain ship types, especially containerships and small
bulk carriers.
Background:
Ad Hoc Panel #11 was formed in October 2000 to study the bunker tank issue from
the vessel design perspective and consider potential bunker tank/spill performance
standards. The Panel developed a performance-based methodology for evaluating
the oil outflow from bunker tanks as the basis for a possible alternative standard
to a prescriptive "double hull" standard for bunker tanks. The methodology
was submitted to IMO (paper DE 46/INF.4) for consideration in December 2002
by Panel member INTERTANKO, which has NGO status at IMO.
The planned
work, not yet undertaken by the Panel, called for an assessment of relative
capital and operating costs associated with alternate tank configurations (of
several ship types) shown to be promising utilizing the methodology developed.
These costs were to be used to provide a sense of the cost-benefits of the configurations
examined.
The Panel
believes that recent events, in particular the EU initiatives following the
Prestige casualty, have changed the landscape considerably at IMO since the
Panel was established. The Netherlands and Norway have both submitted separate
papers to IMO proposing prescriptive requirements for double hulls in way of
fuel tanks. This approach is garnering support, and it is uncertain whether
economic impacts will influence the deliberations at IMO.
In view
of these new developments, the Panel has elected not to carry out its uncompleted
work until there is greater indication that economic factors will
be given consideration in the IMO deliberations.
Additional
information, including the relevant IMO papers, are available on the Activities
and Working Papers section of the Ad Hoc Panel website: www.sname.org/committees/tech_ops/bunkertank/home.html
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WMTC Sponsorship Opportunities
The World
Maritime Technology Conference and Exposition is
the first-ever venture of its kind, which will bring together maritime professionals
from around the globe to discuss compelling issues
facing the industry today. Your organization will gain valuable exposure by being
a financial sponsor of the Conference. As a sponsor your company will be visible to more than 1000
attendees throughout the conference. For more information on
how your company can participate as a financial sponsor, click
here.
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Rosenblatt
Scholarship Fund
SNAME
sadly announces the death of Lester Rosenblatt who passed peacefully in his sleep on June 15,
2003. He was a Past-President and an Honorary Member of the Society to which he devoted so
much of his time and energy.
The Society will be establishing a scholarship fund in
memory of Lester and his father, Mandell Rosenblatt. Those wishing to contribute to the fund may send checks,
made out to “Rosenblatt Scholarship,” in care of Barbara Trentham, The Society of Naval
Architects and Marine Engineers, 601 Pavonia Avenue, Suite 400, Jersey City, NJ 07306.
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New Textbook - Ship Design & Construction
The Society
of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers announces the release of the third
edition of its acclaimed text, Ship Design and Construction, edited by Thomas
Lamb, Professor of Naval Architecture at the University of Michigan. The new
two-volume edition is already acknowledged to be a worthy successor to the highly
respected previous editions, and covers all practical aspects of design and
construction of ships of all types. The material is all new and up to date,
with 55 chapters by authors of international repute. Newcomers and those familiar
with the previous editions alike will be pleased with the breadth and depth
of the content. This book is far more than a textbook for students: it is a
professional reference without parallel for designers, builders, owners, and
operators that is virtually a whole professional library in two volumes. Click
here for preliminary list of chapter headings.
Orders are
being taken now for the two-volume set, with the first volume expected to be
available in September. For orders placed through September 1, 2003, the two-volume
set is priced at $200 list, $160 for members, plus shipping; for orders placed
after September 1, the list price for the two-volume set will be $260, and the
members' price, $200, plus shipping. The student price is $150 for the two-volume
set, plus shipping. Order on-line at www.sname.org/publications_sale.htm
or contact Claudio Pujols at cpujols@sname.org.
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Your
SNAME Contact Details |
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Please review your SNAME
contact details (address, phone, fax and email addresses), to ensure they
are current, especially your email address. Note that the information required
is for your preferred address (the address where you wish your SNAME mail
to be sent). To view/update your contact details:
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- Call the Member Services
Dept. 1-800-798-2188 within North America, or 201-798-4800 outside of North
America.
- Fax your updated address
information to: 201-798-4975.
Member Services
Dept.
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Propellers & Shafting Symposium
The tenth Propellers
and Shafting Symposium has been organized by Panel
M-16 of SNAME's Technical and Research Program, in cooperation with the
Hampton Roads Section, for September 17-18, in Virginia Beach, Virginia. The symposium
will provide opportunity for ship owners, operators, builders, designers, and
the research community to explore and discuss the latest developments in propellers
and their associated shafting systems. For more information, including a list
of the technical papers and registration forms, please
click
here.
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MEETS 2003
The latest Marine Environmental
Engineering Technology Symposium, sponsored by
SNAME and ASNE,
will take place on August 20 - 22, 2003. Click
here for details.
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Congratulations
to all 2003 Graduating
SNAME Student Members |
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SNAME offers the following
benefits to assist you in your career path:
Job Opportunities |
Free enrollment in local SNAME section |
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Medical Insurance |
Immediate upgrade to Associate Member |
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Post-graduate scholarships |
Professional Referral Program |
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Networking |
Associate Membership Certificate |
To take advantage of the
above benefits, we need to know your contact information.
Please provide your graduation
date, business address (if applicable), home address, email address and phone
number to your SNAME Representative, Tommie-Anne Faix tfaix@sname.org.
Upon receipt of this information,
your Associate Member certificate will be mailed to you, and your membership
record upgraded accordingly.
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Stevens' Online Short Courses
Earn
CEU/PDH Credits for Participating in Stevens' New Online Short Courses
Now you can earn Continuing
Education Unit (CEU) and Professional Development Hour (PDH) credits when
you participate in selected online short courses in the expanded WebCampus/eSeminars
program by Stevens Institute of Technology. These short courses cover management
and technology topics, which range from project management "primers"
to in-depth IEEE Communication Society tutorials.
To enroll in the next
IEEE tutorial (Joint Physical and Network-Layer Optimization of Wireless Communications
Systems, beginning on July 14) or any other eSeminars short course, click
here.
eSeminars short courses
are ideal for people who need to maintain professional certifications or just
want to update their knowledge and skills. They are perfect for individuals
who have frequent schedule conflicts and do not have time to attend classes
for a full semester. Most online short courses are one to three weeks long
and will be offered throughout the year. You can logon to these courses over
the Internet, anywhere in the world, day or night.
Delivered by members of
the Stevens faculty and by industry experts from professional societies, these
instructor-led courses have the same intensive business and technical content
as in face-to-face classes. And as a member of SNAME, you are eligible for
a 10% discount off regular tuition. Contact the WebCampus Division at Stevens
to find out how you can go to one of the finest high-technology online schools.
By phone: 1-800-496-4935,
1-201-216-5092, or 1-201-216-5510
By e-mail: webcampus@stevens-tech.edu
or eseminars@stevens-tech.edu
By FAX: 1-201-216-5011
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Panama Canal Improvements
Many of our readers will
be interested to note these changes in progress or planned for the canal:
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widening
of the Gaillard Cut from 152 meters to 192 meters
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additions
and improvements to locomotive and tug fleets
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replacement
of locomotive tow tracks
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conversion
of lock machinery to hydraulic operation
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new
locks control system
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For more information, please
refer to the Panama Canal Authority’s website: pancanal.com/eng/index.html.
In addition to interesting
information about the the canal, there is a live camera which
shows operations at the Miraflores Locks and other points of interest. To view,
click on the "Live Camera" button located in the left column (second
button from bottom).
If you wish to request
a change in the camera's angle, send an email to aep-osu@pancanal.com.
Such requests will be honored as time and circumstances at the Miraflores Locks
allow.
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Photo Contest Results
Last
month we noted that the 1953 SNAME paper "On the Motions of Ships
in Confused Seas" by Manley St. Denis and the late Willard J. Pierson,
which established the foundation for rationally predicting seakeeping
characteristics of ships, will again be acknowledged at the upcoming World
Maritime Technology Conference in San Francisco. We invited
readers to identify participants photographed at the 20th anniversary
of the paper at Webb Institute of Naval Architecture. Several readers
responded but no one identified everyone in the photo. Now we invite readers
to click here for the photo and for those
names. For more information about WMTC click
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LINK-OF-THE-MONTH
The Link-of-the-Month
for July is The Chinese Society of Naval Architects
and Marine Engineers, another principal sponsor of the 2003
World Maritime Technology Conference. The Chinese Society of Naval Architects
and Marine Engineers (CSNAME ) was established in
1943. It is one of the earliest founded academic associations in
China. Click on the logo below to access the CSNAME web site.
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