Contents of The Naval Architect, 1996

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THE NAVAL ARCHITECT

International Journal of the Royal

Institution of Naval Architects

Editor

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Robin Burnett, BSc, MRINA, MNI

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Posh entrance to the sauna on P&O's new Oriana. This sculp-tored fountain awaits passen-gers testing out the Oasis health spa on deck 12, which was designed by John Pieken and Robert Tillberg. An article on P&O Cruises appears as part of our cruise liner technology fea-ture which begins on page 5.

Artist's impression of the RFA's proposed auxiliary oiler re-placement. The requirement is for two new ships of about 26,000t displacement with dou-ble hulls and diesel-electric propulsion. Details of the U K MoD's invitation to tender appear in our Warship Tedwology section, page 57.

14 Zi Yu Lau: a new container/passenger hybrid from M T W

29 Wave-load mechanism to avoid bow visor damage

39 Intellectual property; avoiding the pitfalls

41 Ro-ro ships and IIMO: a RINA comment

50 Europort 95 round-up

SP>1©DAL F E A T U R E S

5-13 Cridse liner technology

5 Gas turbine fantasy?

9 Fire safety strategies for passenger ships

9 Onboard software for passenger ship loading and

damage control

11 Coping with the hazards of galley fires

12 Sailing POSH with P&O

21-28 Norway's maritime industries

21 New Hurtigruten ferry floated-out early by Ulstein

23 Scuppei-well: an innovative pollution-avoidance system

26 Advanced design for Ulstein's new 3000-series gearing

28 Dual success at Vik & Sandvik

45-49 C A D / C A M update

E i E O U L A R F E A T U R E S

3 Editorial comment:

Long rnarch towards the invincible ro-ro

4 News review

3 7 Letters to the editor

42 Trade and equipment news

64 Diary

RINA Affairs (Loose insert)

WARSHIP TECHNOLOGY

51 Corvette for Oman on weapons trials

52 Naval ne^vs

54 The trimaran frigate concept evolves

55 Tlie fliture Navy: a lecture by the Controller of the Navy

56 The US Navy's integrated power project for the electric ship

57 Requirement for UK auxiliary oiler replacements

58 Fifth French-built swvey sliip for Indonesia

58 Letter to ihe editor

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THE NAVAL ARCHITECT

International Journal of the Royal

Institution of Naval Architects

Editor

Tim Knaggs

Naval Editor

Robin Burnett, BSc, MRINA, MNI

Assistant Editor

Christina Haindl

Editorial Assistant

Michelle Gleason

Advertisement Manager

Debbi Bonner

Advertisement Consultant

John Labdon

Advertisement Production

Jenni Wood

Marketing

Leslie Paterson

Editorial and Advertisement Office: RINA Ltd

10 Upper Belgrave Street London S W l X 8BQ England

Teleplione: 0171 235 4622/4 Telefax: 0171 245 6959 Telegrams: Sinai, London Ten issues publistied annually:

January, February, March, Apnl, May, June, August, September, October and November Designed by Cooper • Trowbridge Printed in Great Britain by: Echo Press (1983) Ltd Echo House, Jubilee Drive Belton Park, Loughborough Leicestershire L E l l OXS

The Institution is not, as a body, responsible for opinions expressed in The Naval-Architect unless it is expressly stated that these are the Council's views.

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© 1996: The Royal Institution of Naval Architects. This publication is copyright under the Beme Convention and the Internadonal Copyright Convention. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted with-out the prior permission of the copyright owner. Permission is not. however, required to copy abstracts of papers or of articles on condition that a full reference to the source is shown. Multiple copying of the contents without per-mission is always illegal.

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Mnbarai, the first of four new 135,000m' L N G tankers for Abu Dhabi National Oil Co ( A D N O C ) , was handed over in January by the Finnish shipbuilder Kvaerner Masa-Yards. The four Kvaerner Moss Rosenberg spherical cargo tanks were fabricated in a new plant at Turku using innovative techniques, and the hull form adopted is of a new slender low-resistance type. Today, Masa-Yards is pro-moting a range of new L N G designs from 45,000m= up to 180,000m'; Our special feature on Finland begins on page 6.

A 75m OPV, built to a revolutionary design from Western Canada Marine Group, was launched in December by the Chilean yard ASMAR. This ship and other patrol vessels are discussed in our Warship Technology section beginning on page 51.

PRINCIPAL A R T I C L E S

22 Keeping it secret: confidentiality and know-how

26 Cruising the interactive way with Century

34 Infant lifesaving kit: a priority for passenger ships

45 Tasco II: a new bitumen tanker for Thailand

46 New hi-tech hull survey system

50 Fair wind for SARC's Fairway

S P E C I A L F E A T U R E S

6-20 Finland's marine industries

6 Robin Hood: a new pioneer in ro-ro design

18 Stena's new high-speed giant ready soon

18 Saving fuel with contra-rotating propellers

19 Propeller success for Finnscrew

20 Water-mist: the effective firefighter

37-45 New bulk carrier designs

37 Stephenson Clarke's Indonesian-built design

41 VeriStar: new design and lifetime software from

Bureau Veritas

43 Seafarer 26: a new bulker from I H I

REGÖLAIÏ? F E A T U R E S

3 Editorial comment: Evolution and ship design

4 News review

24 Letters to the editor

48 Trade and equipment news

64 Diary

RINA Affairs (loose insert)

WARSHIP TECHNOLOGY

51 Canadian-designed patrol vessel built in Chile for

Mauritius

52 Naval news

53 The Israeli Super Dvora Mk2 patrol craft

54 Griffon hovercraft operating with Baltic coastguards

55 Sweden's YS-2000 coiyette programme

56 Series of OPVs from Leroux & Lotz

58 OPVs from CMN Ciierbourg

58 Thai lielicopter carrier launclied in Spain

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CONTENTS MARCH 1996

THE NAVAL ARCHITECT

International Journal of the Royal

Institution of Naval Architects

Editor

Tim Knaggs

Naval Editor

Robin Burnett, BSc, MRINA, MNI

Assistant Editor

Christina Haindl

Editorial Assistant

Michelle Gleason

Advertisement Manager

Debbi Bonner

Advertisement Consultant

John Labdon

Advertisement Production

Jenni Wood

Marketing

Leslie Paterson

Editorial and Advertisement Office: FaNA Ltd

10 Upper Belgrave Street London SWIX 8BQ England

Telephone: 0171 235 4622/4 Telefax: 0171 245 6959 Telegrams: Sinai, London Ten issues published annually:

January, February, March, April, May, June, August, September, October and November Designed by Cooper • Trowbridge Printed in Great Britain by: Echo Press (1983) Ltd Echo House, Jubilee Drive Belton Park, Loughlsorough Leicestershire L E l l OXS

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Last year two of the most powerful medium-speed diesel engines ever built went to sea in the very fast Japanese passenger/vehicle feiry Sitzaian, built by IHI for Shin Nihonkai. Each of the Diesel United-built Pielstick 18PC4.2B engines (one of which is seen here on test) develops 23,850kW for a service speed of 29.4 knots. Our annual analysis of the diesel engine market begins on page 7 and includes a section on gas turbines, now being re-examined by some operators for mainstream ship propulsion, following an upsurge in their use on high-speed light-weight ferries.

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26 US shipbuilding update

31 Petro Venture: Singmarine's latest product tanker

33 High speed from powered craft

50 Examination of grounding tests on double-hull tankers

52 New emergency towing system

S P I C I A L F E A T U R E S

7-15 Diesel and gas turbine technology

7 Consolidarton and progress

21-23 Noise and vibration control

21 Cruise liner and fast ferry work by Danish consultancy

41-47 Accommodation and interiors

41 Designing for the leisure experience

43 Making time for refits

47 Mivan expansion to cater for cruise business

IFIIOULAR F E A T U R E S

3 Editorial comment: A phoenix for gas turbines?

4 News review

24 Letters to the editor

49 Trade and equipment news

68 Diary

RINA Affairs (loose insert)

The offshore patrol helicopter carrier H T M S Chakri Naruebet has been launched for the Royal Thai Navy at Bazan's Ferrol yard in Spain. A report on this ship and other Bazan newbuildings appears in our Warship Technology section beginning on page 53.

WARSHIP TECHNOLOGY

53 Tiiailand's new ligiit aircraft carrier iaunciied at Ferrol

58 Seawolf: tlie US Navy's potent new attack submarine

59 US Sealift ro-ro conversion nears completion

59 Prototype landing craft for Royal Marines

60 Naval news

61 Proposal for a sail training Royal Yacht

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THE NAVAL ARCHITECT

Intemational Journal of the Royal

Institution of Naval Architects

Editor

Tim Knaggs

Naval Editor

Robin Burnett, BSc, MRINA, MNI

Assistant Editor

Chrisdna Haindl

Editorial Assistant

Michelle Otter

Advertisement Manager

Debbi Bonner

Advertisement Consultant

John Labdon

Adverdsement Production

Jenni Wood

Marketing

Adelaide Proctor

Editorial and Advertisement Office: RINA Ltd

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The world's first 6000TEU container liner, Regina Maersk, is now in service with the leading Danish operator Maersk Line (A P Möller group). She is the first of 12 sister ships from the Odense (Lindd) shipyard which were originally ordered as 4800TEU designs, but the hulls were sub-sequently lengthened. The 6000TEU capacity was not fully revealed until the first ship was completed in January. Our special feature on Denmark begins on page 33.

29 So you want to patent?

59 Defining the safety case concept

SPECIAL FlATUIPglt

6-26 Ro-ro safety technology

6 Constructing ro-ro ships to meet changing

require-ments

12 Feny accent at Schichau Seebeckwerft

14 Stena Explorer: the first HSS 1500 catamaraii enters

service fi

16 Buoyant wing spaces: a continuing theme

18 Problems of and solutions to flood control

22 The water-on-deck effect - a practical approach to

initial ship design

33-48 Danish maritime industries

33 Regina Maersk: the first 6000TEU container liner

35 New auxiliary boiler from Aalborg Sunrod

36 Attractions of pre-insulated pipes

39 Effective control of jacket water temperature

40 Propulsion package emphasis at Alpha Die'sel '

42 Double-ended feiTy contract for 0rskov

44 New reefer-ship series at Aarhus Dockyard . "

48 Designing controls for Azipod systems ' ' '

52-56 CAD/CAM update

' R E G U L A R F E / ^ T P R E S

3 Editorial comment: Coping with 500mm of water on i

vehicle deck

4 News review

27 Trade and equipment news

49 Letters to the editor

76 Diary

RINA Affairs (loose insert)

WARSHIP TECHNOLOGY

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Unique among..minehunters and mine-swéepers currendy beings designed and built is the

Ókmy

class of tast Norwegian" surface-effect ships. Developments in new types oT "hunters and sweepers are reviewed in- oUr Warship Technology "section beginning on page 66.

International pfójèct focus at Kockums' launch of

second Swedish AlP submarine

Det norske Veritas in U K trimaran frigate study

Nayal news' '•:• •" '

-lylinehuhters and minesweepers for the 21st century

7Ö ; '.FF-21V.escort frigaFe designs from Newport News

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THE NAVAL ARCHITECT

Intemational Journal of the Royal

Institution of Naval Architects

Editor

Tim Knaggs

Naval Editor

Robin Burnett, BSc, MRINA, MNI

Assistant Editor

Christina Haindl

Editorial Assistant

Michelle Otter

Advertisement Manager

Debbi Bonner

Advertisement Consultant

John Labdon

Advertisement Production

Jenni Wood

Marketing

Adelaide Proctor

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England

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The Naval Architect unless it is

expressly stated that these are the

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An artist's impression of the new 1200-passenger cruise liner Aida, nearing com-pletion at Kvaerner Masa-Yards. She rep-resents an interesting new concept in cruising: a relaxed 'Club Med' style aimed at youthful and affluent customers. Aida, which should be handed over to Deutsche Seereederei Touristik in the middle of this year, is featured in more detail in our spe-cial cruise liner update, which begins on page 7.

21 EF80: a fast monohull trailer ferry

29 PrimeShip: total care from ClassNK

33 New propeller blades for old

44 Loss of the Derbyshire - search, assessment and

survey

50 New Transfennica ro-ro ships at Sterkoder

7-19 Cruise liner update

7 Spleniiour of the Seas makes her dshut

8 Sun Princess: fust of three new P&O liners

11 Joint German project for new Costa liners

13 SWATH cruise design from US consultancy

14 'Club Med' concept for new Finnish-built liner

17 Oriental touch from Star Cruise

19 Onboard transport systems from Schindler

24-29 Container ship technology

24 Major investment for Regional Container Lines

25 Flexible hatch solutions from MacGregor and HDW

27 Series success for Ki-ögerwerft

28 Canmar geared for the Atlantic challenge

37-43 Austrian maritime industries

37 Busy times at Vienna Model Basin

39 New crane designs from Liebherr

40 A century of pioneering valve design

42 Advances in Geislinger noise and vibration control

43 Crane innovation at Palfinger

R E G U L A R F E A T U R E S

3 Editorial comment: Good times ahead for OBO

carriers?

4 News review

30 Patent News

52 Letter to the editor

52 Book review

68 Diary

RINA Affairs (loose insert)

S P E C I A L S U P P L E M E N T

Astilleros Espaüoles - ro-ro ships and passenger ferries

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Patents are pending for a submarine

weapon handling and discharge system incorporating rings of weapon canisters outside the pressure hull. Magnum, on which a paper will be given at next month's Warship 96 symposium, is intro-duced in our Warsliip Teclinology section on page 61.

53 First ANZAC frigate delivered to the Australian Navy

54 Naval news

55 RN opportunities and research into the 21st century

56 Underwater repair techniques for submarine tiling and

ship hulls

58 CMN's construction programme for Kuwaiti patrol

craft

60 Turbinia goes on display

61 Vosper Thornycroft 83m corvette handed over to Oman

61 New submarine weapon discharge system

62 Contracts for two Australian hydrographic ships

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THE NAVAL ARCHITECT

International Journal of the Royal

Institution of Naval Architects

Editor

Tim Knaggs

Naval Editor

Robin Burnett, BSc, MRINA, MNI

Assistant Editor

Christina Haindl

Editorial Assistant

Michelle Otter

Advertisement Manager

Debbi Bonner

Advertisement Consultant

John Labdon

Advertisement Production

Jenni Wood

Marketing

Adelaide Proctor

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RINA Ltd

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England

Telephone: 0171 235 4622/4

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Ten issues published annually:

January, February, March, April, May,

June, August, September, October and

November

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The Naval Architect unless it is

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Council's views.

Registered charity No. 211161

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CONTENTS JUNE 1996

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6 Polarlys and Nordkapp: a new pair for Norway's

Hurtigruten service

32 The 9th SASMEX event: a conference report

53 MaK's new M25 engine

54 ANC: a radical concept for noise control

S P I C I A L FEATUfl^lS

Seen here is the MacGregor sidedoor/ramp on the Hurtigruten cruise-ferry Polarlys, newly completed by Ulstein. Sidesiiell access, chosen as best for the many quays called at, follows that of a trio of 1 9 9 3 / 9 4 German-built ships. The ramp provides entry both to a vehicle elevator and to twin pallet lifts. Further information on this ship and her near-sister Nordkapp, built by Kvaerner Kleven, appears in our article on page 6.

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HMAS Anzac was commissioned by the Royal Australian Navy in May. A report on the A N Z A C ship project is included on pages 5 9 and 6 0 of our Warship Technology section.