Syracuse

L'ouvrage est consacré aux incidents qui peuvent se dérouler sur les navires, en mer ou dans les ports.

- Introduction SHIP CONSTRUCTION - Common features - General Cargo ships - Container Ships - LASH ships and barge-aboard ships - Roll-On Roll-Off (RO-RO) ships (other than passenger car ferries) - Insulated Ships - Tankers - Chemical and Gas Carriers - Bulk Carriers - Passenger Vessels - H.M. Ships SHIP-BOARD FIRE PROTECTION - Legislation - Requirements - Fire Detection and Alarm Systems - Fixed Fire Protection - Ship Plans FACTORS RELEVANT TO MARINE INCIDENTS - Legislation - Responsibilities - Preplanning for Major Incident - Use of Fire and Salvage Tugs, Launches etc. - Pollution - Salvage STABILITY - General - Buoyancy - Gravity - Equilibrium and Heeling - Metacentric Height - Free Surface Effect - List or Loll ? - Vessels in Shallow Water - Stability Procedures - Other Considerations - Collision Damage FIGHTING SHIP FIRES IN PORT - General - Strategy and Tactics - Use of Water - Use of Other Extinguishing Media - Ventilation - General Cargo Ships - Container Ships, LASH, and Barge-aboard Ships - Ro-Ro Ships (including Ferries) - Insulated Ships - Tankers - Passenger Ships - Royal Naval vessels - Bulk Chemical carriers - Gas Carriers - Fires in Parts of a Ship INCIDENTS AT SEA - Legal Position - Contingency Plans - Dealing with the Incident - Salvage Tugs - Abandoning, Beaching and coming into port - Sea and Air Sickness DANGEROUS SUBSTANCES ON SHIPS AND IN PORT AREAS - General - Identification of Hazards - Segregation of Dangerous Goods - Emergency arrangements by Port Authorities - Dealing with the Incident INLAND WATERWAYS - General - Dangerous Substances - Other Hazards - Brigade Procedures OTHER MARINE RISKS - Yachts, Marinas and Boat Yards - Historic Ships - Floating Restaurants etc. TRAINING AND SAFETY - Managing Marine Incident Safety - Training - Glossary of Terms - Further Reading - Acknowledgements.