New Home for the Maid: Rockfalls, Talus, and the Race for a Dry Dock
The Maid of the Mist Corporation (MOTMC) has operated the iconic Maid of the Mist boats beneath Niagara Falls since the early 1900s. Traditionally, the company has provided trips from...
Design Issues for Temporary Containment Structures in the Ship Building and Repair Industries
Repair of Concrete Dry Docks
Intelligent Marine Transportation System: SMARTT
Coastal Non-Point Source Pollution Abatement: The Shipbuilding and Repair Industry
In cooperation with several shipbuilding and repair businesses and several state environmental regulatory agencies, site visits, waste-minimization assessments, and storm water sampling...
Port of Portland's Berth 601 Floating Dock
The Port of Portland's facilities, being located on the Columbia and Willamette Rivers, are subjected to extreme water level fluctuations. Over the years, the Port has used floating docks...
A Removable Submarine Cover for Drydock No. 2 Modernization
In order to provide balanced overhaul capability and flexibility in the 1990's and beyond, the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kittery Maine, a major U.S. Navy submarine and overhaul repair...
Defining and Analyzing the Maritime Support Service Industries
Maritime support service firms are critical to the operation of a port but have been little studied. A formal definition has never been developed. A working definition could include firms...
The Modern Marine Railway in a Competitive World
Repairs to Outer Caisson Seat—Drydock No. 8, Norfolk Naval Shipyard, Portsmouth, Virginia
CAD and Video Teleconferencing Network Development
The Institute for Telecommunication Sciences is developing a prototype network to demonstrate the integration of a variety of services and methods for fulfilling Navy shipbuilding requirements....
Changing Waterfront Uses on the River Clyde, Scotland: A Preliminary Survey
The River Clyde in Scotland was renowned for its shipbuilding and shipping facilities. However, dislocations combined with government policy have forced since the early 1960's...
Lessons Learned from the Certification of Graving Docks, Marine Railways, Vertical Lifts and Shipbuilding Ways
Because of the hazards which exist during the ship docking, undocking, launching and while the ship is being built or repaired, the Navy has determined a requirement exists for system...
Conversion of Keppel Wharves Conventional Berths 42 & 43 to Container Berths C13 and C14, Singapore
With further growth of container traffic expected in the 80's the need for additional facilities was apparent. Following an evaluation of available alternative sites, it was...
Seismic Isolation System for a Floating Dry Dock
The seismic isolation system consists of two dolphins, each a relatively large-diameter cantilevered steel pipe pile anchored in Franciscan rock, and buffered connections to the floating...
Design of Ships for Ice Environments
A number of feasibility studies have proven the reliability of marine transportation for the Arctic. Current research and development in this field, especially in the USA and Canada, is...
Marine Elevator Transfer and Ship Repair Facility: Newfoundland Dockyard, St. John's, Newfoundland
Historical Account of the Construction and Maintenance of Drydock No. 1 Long Beach Naval Shipyard, Long Beach, California
Jetty 8 Renovations CFB Dockyard, Halifax, N.S.
Erratum for Floating Dry Dock Doubles as Launching Platform
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