House D.J. Dry Docking and Shipboard Maintenance. A Guide for Industry

Second edition. — London; New York: Routledge, 2016. — 277 p. — ISBN: 1138909246.This book covers every aspect of the dry docking of seagoing vessels. It provides a guide to industry for the different dock types and docking procedures inclusive of material management, steelwork operations and dry dock legislation. Docking a vessel successfully involves many skills and trades, requiring a teamwork operation between ship’s crews and the shoreside docking personnel. This book describes dock types alongside the various methods of docking, stability concerns, repair activities, steelwork management, legislation and survey detail, as well as shipyard safety requirements.Docking terminology.
Conversion equivalents of common units in use within the docking/shipbuilding and marine industries.
Marine measurement terminology.
Shipboard plate and construction terms.
A brief anthology of shipbuilding and the dawn of docking ships.
Dry dock types.
The procedure to dry dock ships.
Dry dock stability.
Dry dock operations.
Dry dock safety procedures.
Steelwork and material management of the shipyard.
Dry dock legislation and associated industries.
Dry dock outlook summary.
Clasification societies.
Annex 1.
National listing.