Essays about: "solas convention"

Found 2 essays containing the words solas convention.

1. 1. Java Application for Analysis of Lightweight Constructions in Cruise Vessels

   University essay from Institutionen för informationsteknologi

   Author : Erik Hedin; Johannes Lundsten; [2010]
   Keywords : Fire spread; tool; java; analysis; simulation; exhaustive testing; network; sectioning device;

   Abstract : In 2002 an amendment was added to the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) which opened up for shipbuilders to replace steel with lightweight materials in the superstructures. However, SOLAS requires equal fire safety compared to ships with steel superstructures. READ MORE

3. 2. Europeanization of International Law in the Context of Shipping

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen

   Author : Kristina Olsson; [2008]
   Keywords : Sjörätt; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : The international character that surrounds the shipping industry has traditionally meant that rules regarding the public law of the sea or the private maritime law are internationally regulated through regulations, state practice, international conventions or international customary law. Since the 1970s, there has been an increasing concern for both the marine environment and the safety onboard ships and this international concern has been reflected in conventions issued and adopted by the United Nation's maritime organ: The International Maritime Organisation (IMO). READ MORE