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Offshore Installation Vessels Stability Considerations

OFFSHORE INSTALLATION VESSELS STABILITY CONSIDERATIONS By Alan Crowle, BSc, MSc, MScbyRes, CEng, CMarEng, FRINA, FMAREST, FSCMS University of Exeter, College of Engineering, Renewable Energy Group INTRODUCTION The temporary phases of an offshore structure transport...
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TRANSPORT VESSELS FOR FLOATING WIND 

By Alan Crowle, BSc, MSc, CEng, CMarEng, FRINA, FMAREST, FSCMS Masters by Researcher, University of Exeter, College of Engineering, Mathematics and Physical Sciences, Renewable Energy Group SUMMARY Floating wind turbine construction is a large logistical exercise. The...
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Floating Rice Fields, the quest for solutions to combat drought floods and rising sea levels

by Lim Soon Heng, BE, PE, FSSS, FIMarEST Founder President, Society of FLOATING SOLUTIONS (Singapore) Abstract Amazing as it seems, there is a case for growing rice on floating platforms in the sea. The capital expenditure to develop this is offset by the opportunity...
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CAPSIZE OF LIFTBOAT IN TRANSIT

This paper was originally presented in the 27th Offshore Symposium, February 22nd, 2022, Houston, Texas Texas Section of the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers It has been reproduced here for the readers of TheNavalarch INTRODUCTION In 1989 a Class 105...
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Launching Steel Jackets

Launching Steel Jackets

By Alan Crowle, BSc, MSc, MScbyRes, CEng, CMarEng, FRINA, FMAREST, FSCMS University of Exeter, College of Engineering,...