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| | Oil tankers | | |  There are today more than 3,500 oil tankers in operation. They include the world's largest ships, one of which (the Jahre Viking) can carry more than half a million tons of crude oil at a time. Many other tankers are almost as large. Yet as a ship type tankers are relatively new. As late as the middle of the 19th century the only oil transported in large quantities by sea was fuel for oil lamps. Most of this was fish, whale and vegetable oil, but in 1859 an unemployed railway conductor named Edwin Drake was hired to drill for mineral oil at Titusville, Pennsylvania. He struck oil at a depth of 21 metres on 28 August 1859 ' and in a sense the modern age began.
See More... | | | | Chemical tankers | | |  Many of the changes in everyday life that have taken place during the last fifty years have resulted from developments in the chemical industry. A wide range of ordinary items are in fact derived from complex chemical processes, and are often derived from the by-products of the production of energy. Some perfumes and medicines are derived from coal: from oil and gases we obtain fertilizers and plastics, weed killers and detergents, clothing and paints. The greatest advances made in the chemical industry have been made in the last 25 years and one result has been a rise in the demand for raw materials. This in turn has led to a great increase in the maritime transportation of chemicals and the development of specialized ships in which to carry them. The ships that have been built in response to this demand are among the most complex ever constructed. The cargoes they carry often present tremendous challenges and difficulties from a safety point of view and many chemicals are also a far greater pollution threat than crude oil.
See More... | | | | Passenger ships | | |  In 1950 passenger ships were the largest, fastest and most glamorous vessels afloat. The trans-Atlantic route between Europe and North America was the most prestigious route of all with great liners competing for the fastest crossing ' the Blue Riband. Other passenger services operated between Europe and South America, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand and were used in particular by emigrants leaving post-war Europe for a new life on the other side of the world.
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 | | | | | | | Title | SOLAS
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| | Author(s) / Editor(s) | IMO | | Description | Consolidated text of the Convention and its 1988 Protocol, incorporating all amendments in effect on 1 January 2001. Also includes certain amendments which have been adopted but which are not expected to enter into force until 1 July 2002. Contents:
Articles of SOLAS 1974
Articles of the 1988 SOLAS Protocol
Chapter I (General provisions)
Chapter II- 1 (Construction: Subdivision and stability, machinery and electrical installations)
Chapter II-2 (Construction: Fire protection, fire detection and fire extinction)
Chapter III (Life- saving appliances and arrangements)
Chapter IV (Radiocommunications)
Chapter V (Safety of navigation)
Chapter VI (Carriage of grain)
Chapter VII (Carriage of dangerous goods)
Chapter VIII (Nuclear ships)
Chapter IX (Management for the safe operation of ships)
Chapter X (Safety measures for high- speed craft)
Chapter XI (Special measures to enhance maritime safety) Also includes models of all required certificates, an up- to- date list of documents required to be carried on board ships and the text of resolution A.883(21), Global and uniform implementation of the harmonized system of survey and certification. | | Keywords | SAFETY; MARITIME TRANSPORTATION; FIRE PROTECTION; LIFE-SAVING APPLIANCES; SUBDIVISION AND STABILITY; MACHINERY AND ELECTRICAL INSTALLATIONS; RADIOCOMMUNICATIONS; NAVIGATION; GRAIN; DANGEROUS GOODS; NUCLEAR SHIPS; HIGH-SPEED CRAFT; SHIP DESIGN; PASSENGER SHIPS; RO-RO SHIPS; TANKERS | |
| Content Language(s) | French; English | |
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| Type of Book | Book | |
| Publisher | IMO | | Publication Location | London | | Publication Date | 2001 | | Hard Copy Availability | publications publications-sales@imo.org | |
| Reference Info | | | Reference Numbers | | | Additional Links | http://www.imo.org/home.asp?topic_id=424 | |
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