The Second International Conference on Manoeuvring in Shallow & Confined Waters: Ship to Ship Interaction

18-20 May 2011, Trondheim, Norway   

Overview

In many situations a reduced distance between two or more ships leads to hydrodynamic interactions. This is the case for waterways with dense shipping traffic, where meeting and overtaking manoeuvres are unavoidable and where moored ships are affected by passing ships. Ship-to-ship interactions also occur between tugs and vessels during escorting or manoeuvring and berthing assistance. Another type of operation dominated by hydrodynamic interaction concerns ship-to-ship operations for cargo transfer, as is more frequently performed in oil and gas transport.

Due to increasing ship dimensions, the effect of ship-to-ship interactions in channels and harbours become more and more important, since the dimensions of the navigation areas is not increasing at the same rate. Also applications of ship-to-ship cargo transfers are permanently developing, and are expected to take place in more severe environmental conditions.

After a successful conference on bank effects (Antwerp, May 2009), the Second Conference on Manoeuvring in Shallow and Confined Water will have a non-exclusive focus on Ship to Ship Interaction. This conference will be organised by the Royal Institution of Naval Architects, Flanders Hydraulics Research and GHENT UNIVERSITY - Maritime Technology Division in association with the Norwegian University of Science and Technology and MARINTEK, who will host the event

Content

Ship to Ship Interaction

The Second International Conference on Ship Manoeuvring in Shallow and Confined Water: Ship-to-Ship Interaction intends to offer researchers and experts the possibility to discuss the latest developments in research and practice related to the behaviour of ships in close vicinity of each other, including the following applications:

• Lightering (oil, gas, ore, other)
• Replenishment (naval, non-naval)
• Formation control
• Tandem operation
• Moored and passing vessels
• Overtaking and meeting in channels and canals
• Ship - tug interaction

The papers presented on the Conference will cover experience from different points of view:

• Practical aspects of manoeuvres and operations dominated by ship-to-ship interaction
• Simulation models for training and research
• Field observations
• Experimental results
• Numerical calculations, including CFD

Benchmark tests

With respect to simulation models and numerical calculation methods for determining forces and moments due to ship-to-ship interaction, the organisers would particularly welcome papers which focus on comparisons between the output of numerical models and benchmark model test data obtained at Flanders Hydraulics Research in the frame of the project "KMB Investigating hydrodynamic aspect and control systems for ship-to-ship operations", co-ordinated by MARINTEK and financially supported by the Research Council of Norway. A selection of the model test results is made available by the project management and was published in 2009 (mail to request the digital version of this benchmark data).

Related topics

Papers discussing related topics in the field of hydrodynamics of ship manoeuvring in shallow and confined waters will be considered as well:

• Shallow and confined water effects
• Squat
• Interaction ship - floating bodies (in offshore)
• Ship - fender interaction

Programme and registration form

Please click here to download the provisional Manoeuvring in Shallow & Confined Waters
programme. 

 For further information please see http://www.shallowwater.ugent.be/EN/kc_conf_sts_EN.htm

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