Dry docking and shipboard maintenance : A guide for industry

Dry Docking and Shipboard Maintenance

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.

• Includes a new chapter on steelwork and material management of the shipyard complex.

• Contains over a hundred photographs and illustrations, including a full colour plate

section.

• Full coverage of dry dock operations, handling facilities, main shipbuilding slips and

shipyard repair activities.

D.J. House has now written and published nineteen marine titles, many of which are in

multiple editions. After commencing his seagoing career in 1962, he was initially engaged

on general cargo vessels. He later experienced worldwide trade with passenger, container,

Ro-Ro, reefer ships and bulk cargoes. He left the sea in 1978 with a Master Mariner’s quali￾fication and commenced teaching at the Fleetwood Nautical College. He retired in 2012

after thirty-three years of teaching in nautical education. He continues to write and research

maritime aspects for future works.

Other Works Published by D.J. House

Seamanship Techniques (4th Edition) (2014), Elsevier.

ISBN 9780415829526 (hbk), 9780415810050 (pbk), 9780203796702 (ebk)

Seamanship Techniques Volume III ‘The Command Companion’ (2000), Butterworth/

Heinemann.

ISBN 0750644435

Marine Survival (3rd Edition) (2011), Witherby Publishing Group.

ISBN: 9781856093552 (hbk), 9781856094856 (ebk)

Navigation for Masters (4th Edition) (2012), Witherby Publishing Group.

ISBN 9781856094030, (ebk) 9781856095099

An Introduction to Helicopter Operations at Sea – A Guide for Industry (2nd Edition)

(1998), Witherby Publishing Group.

ISBN 1856091686

Anchor Practice – A Guide for Industry (2001), Witherby Publishing Group.

ISBN 1856092127

Marine Ferry Transports – An Operator’s Guide (2002), Witherby Publishing Group.

ISBN 1856092313

Dry Docking and Shipboard Maintenance (2003), Witherby Publishing Group.

ISBN 1856092453

Heavy Lift and Rigging (2005), Brown, Son & Ferguson.

ISBN 0851747205

Seamanship Examiner (2005), Elsevier.

ISBN 075066701X

Ship Handling (2007), Elsevier.

ISBN 9780750685306

Elements of Modern Ship Construction (2010), Brown, Son & Ferguson.

ISBN 9780851748146

The Ice Navigation Manual (2010), Witherby Seamanship International.

ISBN 9789053315989 (joint authorship)

Marine Emergencies (2014), Routledge.

ISBN 9781138020450 (pbk), 9781315770697 (ebk)

Cargo Work (8th Edition Revised) (2015), Taylor & Francis, Routledge.

ISBN 9781138846067

Also:

Marine Technology Reference Book (Safety Chapter) (1990), Nina Morgan (ed.),

Butterworths.

ISBN 0408027843

Dry Docking and

Shipboard Maintenance

A Guide for Industry

Second Edition

D.J. House

Second edition published 2016

by Routledge

2 Park Square, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon OX14 4RN

and by Routledge

711 Third Avenue, New York, NY 10017

Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, an informa business

© 2016 D.J. House

The right of D.J. House to be identified as author of this work has been asserted by him in

accordance with sections 77 and 78 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilised in any

form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented,

including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system,

without permission in writing from the publishers.

First edition published 2003 by Witherby & Co Ltd

Trademark notice: Product or corporate names may be trademarks or registered

trademarks, and are used only for identification and explanation without intent to infringe.

British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data

A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library

Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data

House, D. J.

Dry docking and shipboard maintenance : a guide for industry / D.J. House. -- 2nd edition.

pages cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 978-1-138-90923-6 (hardback : alk. paper) -- ISBN 978-1-138-90924-3 (pbk. : alk.

paper) -- ISBN 978-1-315-69407-8 (ebook) 1. Dry docks--Handbooks, manuals. etc. 2.

Ships--Maintenance and repair. I. Title.

VK361.H68 2016

623.820028'8--dc23

2015006896

ISBN: 978-1-138-90923-6 (hbk)

ISBN: 978-1-138-90924-3 (pbk)

ISBN: 978-1-315-69407-8 (ebk)

Typeset in Sabon

by Fakenham Prepress Solutions, Fakenham, Norfolk NR21 8NN

Contents

Preface to 1st Edition vii

Preface to 2nd Edition ix

About the Author xi

Acknowledgements xiii

List of Abbreviations xv

Docking Terminology xix

Conversion equivalents of common units in use within the docking/shipbuilding

and marine industries xxv

Marine Measurement Terminology xxvii

Shipboard Plate and Construction Terms xxix

A Brief Anthology of Shipbuilding and the Dawn of Docking Ships xxxvii

1 Dry Dock Types 1

2 The Procedure to Dry Dock Ships 19

3 Dry Dock Stability 57

4 Dry Dock Operations 75

5 Dry Dock – Safety Procedures 123

6 Steelwork and Material Management of the Shipyard 151

7 Dry Dock Legislation and Associated Industries 183

Dry Dock Outlook – Summary 201

Clasification Societies 203

Annex 1 205

National Listing 209

Bibliography 211

Index 213

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Preface to 1st Edition

I have always felt that the skills of an individual are so easily lost when that man or woman

leaves an industry or retires from a working life. None more so than from the shipping

industry, as that individual takes with him or her the experience and values of tried-and

tested-practice. The docking of ships is a skill in an industry that is an absolute crutch for

shipping operations to continue in safe respectability. It is worldwide and draws thousands

of people within its perimeter of operation, and yet little has been written about what must

be considered as the closest relation to the marine industry.

This particular work has been compiled to hopefully provide an awareness of this very

special relationship between the shipping and dry docking segments of the marine industry.

It is meant to promote safe practice amongst mariners who, albeit briefly, become like the

beached whale, as a ship out of water. At the same time it is designed to appreciate the

continuous efforts of dockyard personnel in their endeavours to tackle any and every task

that tends to be landed into their dock operations.

I strongly believe that both the mariner and the shoreside employee of the dockyard can

learn from each other, and if this work can, in any way, cement the working environment

of the ship inside the dock it will have served its purpose.

David John House, March 2002

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Preface to 2nd Edition

The shipping and docking industries are comparable to two sides of the same coin, each

side of the coin being dependent on the other for its very existence. The seafarer, within

the different sectors of the marine industry, always needs the experience and attributes of

the shipyard and its docking facilities, while the docking fraternity provide the security and

safety crutch to keep our ships well maintained and in Class.

The need for safer ships and cleaner seas has never been greater than it is today.

The need to maintain high standards in all aspects of trade is paramount to ensure our

people are retained in what has historically been seen as a high-risk industry.

To this end if we do not ‘police’ ourselves, governments will do it for us, and the docking

of ships provides a platform to survey, inspect and rectify potential hazards, before they

occur.

A level of mutual respect has to exist between the maritime and docking industries the

world over. Ship construction is producing larger and more innovative vessels and whatever

is being built must be maintained, while seafarers continue to be challenged by increased

technology, new products, higher speeds, deeper draughts and a need to operate in a

protected environment. We all need that mutual respect, for the skills of the other, to operate

in a continued safe arena of ships and shipyards.

David John House, 2015

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About the Author

Following his seagoing career, David House commenced teaching as a lecturer in Nautical

Studies over a thirty-year period. His continued research across all maritime disciplines

has generated twenty different publications on a variety of marine topics, including:

Seamanship, Navigation, Ship Construction, Cargo Work, Helicopter Operations, Ship

Handling, Anchor Work, Heavy Lift Operations, Marine Survival, Ferry Operations, and

this second edition of Dry Docking Practice.

His experiences for this specific text have been gained in routine docking schedules,

aboard ships, and including docking periods for major repairs following incidents at sea

– notably, in the Quebec dry dock, Canada, the Belfast dry dock, Northern Ireland and

the Govan Shipyard in Glasgow. His research has also included laying vessels up, visiting

shipyards extensively around the United Kingdom, to compile his maritime background.

Seagoing experience includes periods on a variety of ship types engaged in worldwide

trading: General Cargo, Container vessels, Passenger Cruise liners, Dredgers, Refrigerated

(reefer) vessels, Bulk Carriers and Roll On, Roll Off Ferries and with short periods aboard

warships.

The written works by D.J. House have all been directed towards the professional

seafarer, in the hope that they will place marine safety at the forefront of their seagoing

duties, whether at sea, in port, or on board a vessel in dry dock.

It is hoped this latest work will influence the many facets of the maritime industry and the

associate sectors of fishing, offshore and construction, engaged around the marine fraternity.

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Acknowledgements

ADI Ltd., Garden Island, NSW, Australia

A&P Group Limited

Allied Shipbuilders Ltd., Vancouver, BC, Canada

Associated British Ports (ABP)

B & V Industrietechnik GmbH

Blastline Ltd, UK

Brown Son & Ferguson Ltd., Nautical Publishers

Dubai Dry Docks, UAE

Fleetwood Nautical Campus of Blackpool and the Fylde College

Lisnave Estaleiros Navais, S.A.

Lloyd Werft Shipyard GmbH

The Maritime and Coastguard Agency for use of ‘M’ Notices. Reproduced by permission of

the Controller of Her Majesty’s Stationary Office.

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd., Shimonoseki Shipyard & Machinery Works

NQEA Australia pty. Ltd, Engineers and Shipbuilders

P&O European (Irish Sea) Ferries

Scheuerle Fahrzeugfabrik GmbH

Shimonoseki Shipyard, Japan

Verolme Botlek, Rotterdam, Netherlands

Witherby Publishing Group

Additional material supplied by

Capt. K. Millar, Master Mariner, Lecturer Nautical Studies, of Millar Marine Services

Mr A.P.G. House Research Assistant

Mr C.D. House IT Assistant

Additional photography

Capt. P. Southworth, Master Mariner (MN)

Capt. D. MacNamee, Master Mariner(MN), Lecturer Nautical Studies, FMNI

Mr J. Wardle, Extra Master, Lecturer Nautical Studies

Mr J. Bottomly, Master Mariner, B.A., Lecturer Nautical Studies

Mr M. Gooderman, Master Mariner, B.A., Lecturer Nautical Studies

Mr G. Edwards, Ch/Eng. (MN) Rtd.

Mr J. Legge, Ch/Off. (MN)

Mr J. Roberts, Ch/Off. (MN)

Mr P.J Fowler, Ch/Off. (MN)

xiv acknowledgements

Mr C.F. Phillips, Ch/Off. (MN)

Mr I. Baird, Ch/Off. (MN)

Mr M. Crofts, 1st Off. (MN)

Mr T. Southall, Jnr/Off. (MN)

Mr J. Leyland, Lecturer Nautical Studies

Mr. S. Mooney, Ch/Off. (MN)

Mr R. Ashcroft, 2nd Off. (MN)

Miss Martel Fursden, 2nd Off. (MN)