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16. The Cooperative Association of Japan Shipbuilders
| Research |
Period |
Researcher(s) |
Overview |
| Plan |
2002 |
| 1. Investigation into design for a new medium-sized
tanker (financially supported by the Nippon Foundation) |
3 |
2 |
Technology Department Shigeru Tomisawa |
Basic design is carried out to develop a new type medium sized
tanker that conforms to the amendment (Sept. 1, 2002), revised Annex I13G of the
MARPOL Convention, aiming to meet the need for increased payload and environmental
protection. Design guidelines for medium sized tankers are developed in the course
of design development. |
| 2. Improvement in bending work in the shop for
technology inheritance (supported by the Nippon Foundation) |
2 |
1 |
Technology Department Shigeru Tomisawa |
Shell plates of medium or small sized ships usually have very
complex curvature, but the bending procedure is not described in the design chart.
The present research presents anew description format for the plate bending procedure
for the bending workshop. The format is helpful for technology inheritance. (1)
The bending procedure is investigated and a new description format of the bending
process presented. The practice of the bending process is surveyed, and a new
specification format for the bending procedure is presented. (2) New Bending Procedure
Specifications New bending procedure specifications for dish-type and saddle-type
plates are worked out, and they are examined based on real bending work. (3) Investigation
into a New Shell Expansion Method Based on the new bending specifications, a new
shell expansion method is proposed. (4) Drafting the Guidelines for the New Bending
Specification Format Draft of the guidelines for the new bending specification
format is worked out. |
| 3. Reducing industrial waste in medium-size and
small shipyards (supported by the Nippon Foundation) |
2 |
1 |
Technology Department Shigeru Yagi |
1. Investigation into the Practice of Industrial Waste Treatment:
Member companies are investigated on all the aspects of industrial waste treatment,
and problems Discovered. Case studies are also made on enterprises with advanced
industrial waste treatment technology. 2. Drafting the Guidelines for Promoting
Environment Protection: Medium and small shipyards cannot always have department
specifically for environment control in their yards for financial reasons or due
to limited human resources. Considering this, an environment control system for
shipyards is investigated, and guidelines are drafted based on the investigation.
3. Industrial Waste Treatment Handbook: For small shipyards, an easy handbook
for industrial waste treatment is published. The practice of industrial waste
treatment, related regulations and information are included. The handbook is distributed
to member shipyards. |
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17. The Japan Association of Marine
Safety
| Research |
Period |
Researcher(s) |
Overview |
| Plan |
2002 |
| 1. River
navigation by ships (financially supported by the Nippon Foundation) |
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Maritime Safety Research
Department Hiroshi Ushijima |
Rivers are navigable waters, but
they are not yet fully used. This is because waterways are not excavated or not
equipped with navigation supporting systems. If sea routes extend to river waters
without any borders, there will be a number of benefits, for example, adding to
the choice of modal shift of domestic transportation, providing rescue activity
in earthquakes or other natural disasters, etc. Based on this view, fundamental
research is carried out on the state of river navigation to identify problems,
taking Sumida River and Arakawa River as models. 1. Items of Research Research
is conducted on Sumida River and Arakawa River as models. (1) Investigation of
the state of water area Research on published documents on water depth, navigable
width, location of bridges, clearance under the bridge, navigation supporting
installation, etc. for the rivers. (2) Research on piers and quays Research is
conducted on location of piers and quays, port installation and allowable size
of ships to be moored. (3) Regulations and conditions of river navigation Research
is made on regulations on river navigation, limitation on daytime and nighttime
navigation and reasons for it. (4) State of river navigation Hearings are conducted
at corporations that use river navigation. (5) Investigation into river utilization.
2. Method of investigation Investigation will carried out in cooperation with
the bodies concerned. 3. Investigation period Investigation will be carried out
in fiscal years 2002 and 2003. |
| 2. Response
to accident during sea transport of hazardous noxious substances (supported by
the Nippon Foundation) |
3 |
2 |
Marine Pollution Prevention
Research Department Takeaki Kikuchi |
March 2000, the HNS Protocol of
the OPRC Convention was adopted. By adopting the protocol, response to hazardous
noxious substances was included in the OPRC Convention that was originally intended
only for oil spills. A variety of substances are included in HNS, so response
to HNS cannot be unique. Furthermore, information on HNS is insufficient to support
the response. This project is building a database for response to HNS spillage,
which is the first in the world. This project is carried out in a three-year program.
Last year, investigation into the state of HNS sea transport was conducted for
Japanese waters, and this year investigation is conducted for the Malacca Straight.
The impact of HNS spillage on the environment is assessed using the information
available. For the procedure of response to the HNS spillage, investigation into
the items that were not finished last year will continue this year. (1) Investigation
into the HNS spillage sea transport in the Malacca Straight (2) Investigation
into information on environmental impact (3) Survey of the information of the
physical and chemical properties of HNS (4) Investigation on the standard procedure
of HNS spillage response (5) Supplement to the database HNS spillage response
(6) Publication of the HNS spillage response database (7) Problems (8) Publication
of the committee report |
| 3. Ballast
water treatment technology (supported by the Nippon Foundation) |
1 |
1 |
Marine Pollution Prevention
Research Department Takeaki Kikuchi |
Transboundary movement of aquatic
organisms in ballast tanks of ships sometimes impacts on ecology, the economy
of society and human health. This project investigates the ballast water treatment
system, and an economical, easy to handle; compact treatment system is produced
for trial. The system is investigated for practical use and environmental friendliness.
(1) Items of investigation (1) Production of a small plant with capacity of 100
ton/hour (2) Land test of a small plant for removing aquatic organisms (3) Requirements
for the onboard plant System for ballast water intake (pump, pipes, space, etc.),
amount of ballast water, outlet of ballast water, etc. (4) Design and production
of the plant with a capacity of several hundreds of tons (5) Land test of a plant
for eliminating aquatic organisms: aquatic organisms: plankton and bacteria (6)
Problems in mounting it on ships, real ship test, international approval (7) Public
relations, onboard test, documentation (8) Activity for international approval
requirement (2) Method of investigation follow-up by experts |
| 4. Movements
of the International Maritime Society (supported by the Nippon Foundation) |
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International Affairs
Planning Department Takanori Matsunaga Marine Pollution Prevention Research Department
Takeaki Kikuchi |
Because of the international nature
of marine transport, international cooperation is essential for responding to
problems in maritime safety marine environment protection. At the same time, attention
to international trends and collaboration with the government and the private
sector is necessary. This project will dispatch experts to meetings of IMO such
as MSC, NAV, COMSAR, MEPC, BLS, etc., and will collect, analyze and prepare the
related documents and information. The opinions of our country are being collected
and will be reflected in IMO meetings through the activity of this project. Maritime
Safety (1957?`) (1) Compilation and analysis of documents of MSC, NAV, and COMSAR.
(2) Compilation and analysis of documents of conventions and regulations such
as COLEG, SOLAS, and investigation into the trends of IMO meetings. (3) Compilation
of overseas documents on maritime safety. Overseas documents on maritime safety
other than IMO documents are compiled. (4) Activity of committees and working
groups Committees and working groups are to respond to international meetings
on maritime safety. Their members are experts, representatives of related bodies
and the government representatives. Amendment of domestic regulations is discussed
in the committee. (5) Compilation of related documents Related documents are compiled
in cooperation with the representative offices of the association in London and
Singapore |
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