South Tyneside College South Tyneside College is located in South Shields, in the North East of England, and has been an international leader of marine training since its foundation as South Shields Marine College in 1861. United Kingdom
Chemical Carriers Association CCA is devoted to promoting regulatory compliance and safety in the bulk waterborne transportation of chemicals and other hazardous materials. The CCA membership complement presently includes:
USA District of Columbia
Mercy Ships United Kingdom Mercy Ships operates ocean-going vessels to bring physical and spiritual healing to the poor and needy around the world. Mercy Ships serves nations through medical care, relief, community development, training and evangelism.
United Kingdom
Royal Danish Naval Technical School The school gives training and education in technical matters, primarily for technical personnel of the navy.Furthermore the school offers diving education,training in fire fighting, da-
mage control,ship´s stability,NBCDprotection,fighting pollution Denmark
Standards for High Performance Ropes
7/19/2002
The Cordage Institute, a standards developing organization and trade association based in Wayne (Pennsylvania, USA), has announced international standards for a number of high performance ropes that are used in the general marine and recreational marine industries. The new international standards are for categories of High Performance ropes that provide higher strengths, more abrasion resistance and more durability in the marine environment than conventional ropes. They include HP Nylon and Polyester double braid, 12-strand Nylon and Polyester HP braid, and HP PP/PE Olefin 3-, 8-strand and 12-strand braid.
The international standards organization (ISO) is only now starting a process to use the Cordage Institute standards as drafts for Europe (CEN) and ISO compatible standards. The Cordage Institute Technical Committee has also developed two new test standards that are applicable to the marine industry. They are CI 1500-01 Standard and Advanced Test Methods for Fiber Rope that provides both basic physical properties and a number of special properties such as wet and dry cycled and uncycled strength and strain and determination of permanent, intermediate and overall strain that are frequently required when selecting ropes for marine applications. CI 1503-00 Test Method for Yarn-on-Yarn Abrasion has been developed for determining dry and wet yarn-on-yarn abrasion resistance for synthetic fiber yarns when a marine overlay finish is required to improve performance for ropes to be used in the marine environment.
