Surv 8 - Surveillance, Search and Rescue Craft

The Royal Institution of Naval Architects will continue its successful SURV series of International
Conferences in 2013 now in its eighth edition.
 

With ever greater recreational and commercial use of the marine environment there is inevitably a higher rate of incidents where external assistance is required. This increased pressure on resources provides a new set of challenges that organisations need to adapt to, in order to continue to provide their high level of service.

 
The conference will provide a forum for discussion of both military and civilian vessels. We hope
to include papers across the full range of vessels, equipment and methods, used by pilot craft,
coastguards, and police as well as search and rescue organisations. Topics will include analysis of new designs, applications, and operations of these vessels, as well as review existing vessels and their use
across all marine environments. 

Conference Content 

RINA invites papers from designers, builders, lifeboat institutions, police forces, coastguard organisations and operators on the following topics:
 

• Design: Practice, philosophies, testing and development
• New Vessels: Innovative features, trials and evaluation
• Construction: Materials, techniques and quality control
• Equipment: New ideas & products, control systems, navigation, auxiliary equipment
• Machinery & Propulsion: Power plant, system layout, propulsion
• Operation: Practices, training, health & safety, reliability, and vessel deployment
• Environmental Issues