Problem of designing ships for reduced maintenance is considered against background of trends in increasing size of tankers and plans for reducing complement to less than 30 men; it is noted that two particular aspects of tanker trading which aggravate difficulties of regular planned maintenance are high proportion of time spent at sea and world-wide nature of trade, with regular runs being exception.


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    Title :

    Ship maintenance and associated design problems -- Oil tankers


    Additional title:

    Roy Instn Naval Architects -- Quarterly Trans


    Contributors:


    Publication date :

    1965


    Size :

    26 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English


    Keywords :