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Problems of Operating Large Ships in the Arctic

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 January 2010

R. Maybourn
Affiliation:
(BP Tanker Company Ltd)

Extract

In this paper, which was presented at an Institute meeting, held in Britannic House in London on 1 December 1970, the Chief Marine Superintendent of the BP Tanker Company examines the problems of operating large merchant vessels in the Arctic and describes the experience gained from the two voyages of S.S. Manhattan through the North-West Passage. The chair was taken by the President, Rear Admiral G. S. Ritchie, C.B., D.S.C, Hydrographer of the Navy.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © The Royal Institute of Navigation 1971

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