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SHIPPING NOISE & MARINE MAMMALS

A Forum for Science, Management & Technology

NOISE GENERATED BY HUMAN ACTIVITIES IS AN EMERGING ISSUE IN OUR OCEANS

Sounds from ships and maritime technology can interfere with marine animal hearing of important natural signals.

Government agencies, navies, researchers and industry are striving to understand the effects of sounds and explore technologies that could mitigate potential impacts.

A collaborative forum is needed to discuss the state of the art research and establish a dialogue among participants toward future cooperative efforts. The event's partners have come together to provide an open symposium for all interested parties—maritime platform owners and designers, oceanographers, regulators, biologists, and more—who are exploring this important subject. Symposium speakers have been chosen for their expert knowledge on selected topics, including ship quieting technologies, biological studies, and future legal and political implications.

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INSURANCE

MTS Rosette

Jaap van de Guchte Senior stands on the port side half way up the ship's 110- m length. With hand signals, two fingers pointing aft. he directs the helmsman to move the precise two meters for align- ment of the tanker's cargo manifolds and those on the BP refinery dock. This will be the first cargo for the new motor tank ship Rosette. It is owned by Jaap Sr. and his two sons. In the elevated wheel house aft one of those sons and the cap- tain for this trip. Jaap Jr., watches as one of his crew stands at the futuristically styled control console, working the jog stick controls of the powerful diesel electric bow thruster he moves the ship aft until Jaap Sr's crossed arms signals, "All stop".

The boat's 2,000 hp Cummins QSK60 main engine has been showing 650 rpm idle on the digital read out. The mate touches the throttle and the digital mon- itor moves up to 1.150 rpm. The ship stop's almost instantly as her big 1,7-m propeller bites into the waters of

Amsterdam's America Haven oil termi- nal.

Like her sister-ships, being finished at the Verka Shipyard near Dordrecht

Holland, the Rosette's hull, with its 11.45-m beam, was built in two parts at the Centromost Shipyard in Poland.

After launching, the fore and aft sections were joined to form a hull with 10 holds having a total volume of 3,785 cu. m. capable of holding about 2,900 tons of cargo. The hull, known as a Maxcube type, was then towed to the Verka

Shipyards in Holland for completion.

The third in a six-vessel series, the

The ship's console.

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