A paper by Safinah Group’s Keith Hutchinson and Andrew Scott of the Maritime and Coastguard Agency discussing the amendments made to the SOLAS2009 Regulations etc. in readiness for the SOLAS2020 version, which entered into force on 1st January this year, was read to the Royal Institution of Naval Architects at their ‘Damaged Ship V’ conference held in London (11th March 2020).
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By Keith W Hutchinson (Safinah Group) and Andrew L Scott (Maritime and Coastguard Agency).
Synopsis RINA Damaged Ship V Mar 2020 – SOLAS 2020 Dam Stab & Beyond Hutchinson Scott X01
This concludes a series of seven papers presented at Institution conferences, together with three articles published in their The Naval Architect magazine, on this subject over the past decade – the third and final article appears in the May 2020 issue of The Naval Architect. The list of papers and articles discussing the evolution of the SOLAS Damage Stability Regulations from 2009 to date is detailed below.
List of associated papers
- HUTCHINSON, K.W., SCOTT, A.L., WRIGHT, P.N.H., WOODWARD, M.D., and DOWNES, J. ‘Consideration of Damage to Ships from Conceptual Design to Operation: The Implications of Recent and Potential Future Regulations regarding Application, Impact and Education’, International Conference on The Damaged Ship, The Royal Institution of Naval Architects, London, United Kingdom, 26th and 27th January 2011, Pages 15 to 30. ISBN: 978-1-905040-79-7
- HUTCHINSON, K.W. and SCOTT, A.L. ‘The Development and Impact of Current and Possible Future National and International Damage Stability Regulations’, International Conference on The Damaged Ship II, The Royal Institution of Naval Architects, London, United Kingdom, 30th and 31st January 2013, Pages 21 to 35. ISBN: 978-1-909024-11-3
- HUTCHINSON, K.W. and SCOTT, A.L. ‘Current and Possible Future Intact and Damage Stability Regulations and Verification Tools for Passenger Ships’, International Conference on The Damaged Ship III, The Royal Institution of Naval Architects, London, United Kingdom, 25th and 26th March 2015, Pages 15 to 25. ISBN: 978-1-909024-38-0
- HUTCHINSON, K.W. and SCOTT, A.L. ‘Passenger RO-RO Ferry Damage Stability – Status and Development of International Regulations’, International Conference on the Design and Operation of Ferries and Ro-Pax Vessels, The Royal Institution of Naval Architects, London, United Kingdom, 25th and 26th May 2016, Pages 67 to 78. ISBN: 978-1-909024-54-0
- HUTCHINSON, K.W. ‘Damage stability update’, The Naval Architect, The Royal Institution of Naval Architects, London, United Kingdom, May 2017, Pages 42 to 44. ISSN: 0306-0209
- HUTCHINSON, K.W. and SCOTT, A.L. ‘Damage stability: upcoming SOLAS 2020 regulations’, The Naval Architect, The Royal Institution of Naval Architects, London, United Kingdom, September 2017, Pages 56 to 62. ISSN: 0306-0209
- HUTCHINSON, K.W. and SCOTT, A.L. ‘SOLAS 2020 Passenger and Cargo Ship Damage Stability Regulations’, International Conference on The Damaged Ship IV, The Royal Institution of Naval Architects, London, United Kingdom, 16th and 17th May 2018. ISBN: 978-1-909024-75-5
- HUTCHINSON, K.W. and SCOTT, A.L. ‘Stability of RO-PAX Ships in European Waters: SOLAS 2020 and the Stockholm Agreement’, International Conference on Sustainable and Safe Passenger Ships, The Hellenic Institute of Marine Technology and the Royal Institution of Naval Architects, Yacht Club of Greece, Piraeus, Athens, Greece, 4th March 2020, Pages 19 to 32. ISBN: 978-1-911649-04-5
- HUTCHINSON, K.W. and SCOTT, A.L. ‘SOLAS 2020 Damage Stability and beyond’, International Conference on The Damaged Ship V, The Royal Institution of Naval Architects, London, United Kingdom, 11th March 2020. ISBN: 978-1-911649-05-2
- HUTCHINSON, K.W. and SCOTT, A.L. ‘Passenger ship damage stability: SOLAS 2020 regulations and Stockholm Agreement for RO-PAXs’, The Naval Architect, The Royal Institution of Naval Architects, London, United Kingdom, May 2020, Pages TBC to TBC. ISSN: 0306-0209
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