NEWSLETTER International Maritime Association of the Mediterranean

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Shipping Companies and Shipbuilders between the Bulk-Carrier and the Iron C. Guedes Soares IMAM Newsletter Editor Ore Cargo Market Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisbon, Portugal Ivo Tijardovi ć Independent shipping expert, Split, Croatia ć Rajko Grubiši Faculty of Mechanical Engineering & Naval This second Newsletter continues the objective of Architecture, Zagreb, providing an overview of the situation in various Croatia member countries of IMAM and being a platform for announcing initiatives being promoted by our members. It is depending much from the initiative of Many bulk-carrier owners are paying much attention the Editorial Board but I hope that with time members to the steel production, particularly in China and will start contributing more frequently. India, because this is a strong argument on which depends the decision of investing (or not) in new During the last months the preparation of the next ships. In this year in China the demand for steel will IMAM Conference has been ongoing and this has increase for 5% so that in year 2012 China will use coincided with the start of the organization of the 635 million tons of steel. If in this year the entire IMAM Technical Committees who will be part of the world steel production will be about 1360 million Conference Program committee and have the tons of steel, then it is quite clear what amount of responsibility of a major part of the paper reviewing steel needs the Chinese economy. tasks. We hope that these committees will be consolidated with time and will be able to contribute The need for steel in India is about 10% of the actively to various initiatives. Chinese one, but in this year the demand will grow for about 13%, what is the greatest demand gradient The initial response to the conference has been very among the biggest steel consumers, and this trend is good and thus it is expected to have a well attended also expected in the following year. meeting. Even the USA is a dwarf in comparison to the Some applications of membership have been accepted Chinese consumption, because in this year the steel and, I am happy to announce four new members from consumption in the USA will be one seventh of the Spain, two from Portugal, one from Morocco, one Chinese one. Also, the steel consumption in the EU from Greece and one from Romania, and one and USA together makes only about 40% of the associate member from Iran. This increases the total Chinese one. It should be known that only fifteen number of members and of countries represented in years ago the world steel production made about 750 IMAM, reflecting steps in the direction of million tons, and that in the next nine years it consolidating the organization. increased for 400 million tons. Only in March of this We hope to be able to keep the publication of the year the world steel production was more than 130 Newsletters and I leave an open invitation for million tons. Approximately, one fourth of the world contributions to be sent to me or to any member of steel production is assigned for export. Therefore, all the Editorial Board. those who intend to survive in the shipping business, must know what in happening on this market.

IMAM Newsletter June 2011 1 Here the banking institutions that are financially the ship owners of medium size bulk carriers (about supporting the shipping and shipbuilding have a 60 000 to 120 000 dwt) will experience the greatest particular interest. Therefore, they are at the moment losses due to such a reduction. Namely, this ship size hiring the best analytical experts on the market on a was very much demanded on the route India – China short- or long-term basis. It is not known to us, due to a relatively shorter distance in comparison to whether any Croatian bank seriously monitors the the trans-oceanic distances and because of various state on this market and according to it supports limitations and restrictions in the Indian ports. Such financially the shipping and the shipbuilding. The ships, once without the planned cargo, will move in Croatian banks are mainly in foreign ownership, so seeking for cargo to the already over-booked markets, that they prefer to support these activities in their what will surely have a negative effect on the country and not the Croatian ones. Even, if there is transportation fees. Thirdly, the biggest competitions some banking interest to finance some project in this for the shipping companies are the cargo owners field that is mainly a non-professional approach themselves, which purchase (and even build) ships yielding in adequate final results. It is known from the regardless of the suitable moment for investments, present experience that the bank owners in Croatia because they base their interest exclusively on the base their profits mainly on the needs of the citizens cargo amount that can be transported. In such a way, at solving their existential problems and not in on one side they purchase the ships very often financing the projects that could help more seriously expensively, but on the other side they are saving on to the recovery of the Croatian economy. the transportation fees. For them this is a short term loss but a long term gain. And finally, the most cruel Lower transportation fees than expected in the and unexpected danger for the shipping companies transport of iron ore and coke, the two essential raw (and shipbuilders) is the policy of the banking materials for the existence of the steel industry, are institutions and investment corporations, which have the reason that the offer of bulk carriers is greater one common interest: to make a big profit as quickly than the demand for them. As in this year about 30 as possible. Therefore, they jump into the shipping million dwt of these kind of ships is expected to market in the period of extremely high transportation terminate in breaker’s yard, this could simplify the fees (for example, 300 000 USD per day for a big position of the shipping companies, so better times bulk carrier) with exaggerating orders of new ships, are expected regardless of the number of new ships regardless of the fact that maybe already in one year that are continuously being included into the transport the fees for this same ship will drop on 0.7% of this business. extreme fee. In spite of significant oscillations at delivering the iron ore to Chine, because in April of this year China has imported 10% less than one month before, the optimism of many shipping companies is also based on the expected increase of the car production in OBITUARIES China, which could be soon doubled, and in year

2015 about 30 million of cars per year would be produced. The shipping companies also hope that China will preserve its own reserve of iron ore, which is of lower quality than the imported one, for a future time and that it will be oriented for a longer period to the higher quality imported iron ore, which profitable production with respect to the quality is about 50% lower than the one based on the Chinese iron ore. With other words, for China the steel production from domestic sources in only profitable when the price of the iron ore is about 180 USD per ton and more. PETER ATANASSOV BOGDANOV China has already imported about 230 million tons of Dr. Peter Bogdanov, original initiator, founder and iron ore in the first four months of this year, what is first Director of the Bulgarian Ship Hydrodynamics almost 60 million tons per month. Centre -Varna, passed away on 20 th July 2010 at the In spite of all this, there are several other aspects that age of 76. could unexpectedly influence in a negative way the Dr. Bogdanov received his MSc. degree in Naval shipping and shipbuilding on the bulk-carriers Architecture at the Naval Academy in St. Petersburg, market. Firstly, it must not be forgotten that the big Russia, in 1957 and was appointed at Varna Shipyard Chinamax bulk carriers of 400 000 dwt will surely afterwards. overtake the cargo from many shipping companies. Secondly, India, as one of the great iron ore exporters, He has been one of the founders and, later on, Deputy intends to reduce the export of its iron ore (about 90 R&D Director of the newly created in 1962 Bulgarian million tons the last year) in the next years due to its Ship Research Institute. own needs for the domestic iron ore. In such a way

IMAM Newsletter June 2011 2 In 1972 he received his PhD degree. as a master in hull shop at the ship repair yard No 490 of Maritime ministry. The same year he went to work Peter Bogdanov had a strong personality, exceptional at Odessa Institute of Marine Fleet Engineers at the working capacity, believe and ambitions. Since 1966 Ship Theory department and he didn’t change his he concentrated his professional activities toward workplace anymore. Yuriy Vorobyov worked as an creating of the Bulgarian Ship Hydrodynamics Centre engineer, then researcher and instructor . In 1966 he by involving UNDP, IMO and Bulgarian Government defended his PhD thesis titled “ Analytical into the financial and technical support of Centre investigation and calculation methods for wave creation and staff training. He stimulated the creation resistance on deep and shallow water ”. In 1968 and growth of the BSHC team of scientists and Yuriy Vorobyov received an academic rank – specialists, which in very short terms brought it into associate professor of the Ship theory department and an Institution of national as well as international in 1976 he was made the head of the department. recognition among professional society. The ideas of Yuriy Vorobyov included in his second Dr. Bogdanov is the person who introduced BSHC dissertation “ Asymptotic theory of ship motions ” were into the ITTC community. He was a member of the developed from many of his students. Under his 15-th, 16-th, 17-th, 18-th and19-th ITTC Advisory supervision 26 dissertations were prepared. Councils. In May 1989 Yuriy Vorobyov was elected to be the Dr. Bogdanov is one of the most active initiators and rector of OIMFE. In 1994 the institute was renamed founders of International Maritime Association of the into the Odessa State Maritime University (OSMU). Mediterranean (IMAM) in 1978. Since May 2003 he worked as an advisor for the Dr. Bogdanov had considerable contribution in rector of the OSMU. Yuriy Vorobyov worked until organizing largely populated international scientific his last day. Two weeks before his death he was in events such as CADMO’86, IMAM’87, PRADS’89, Varna at the international science conference Black HADMAR’91, IMAM’93, MARIND’96, STAB’97, Sea 2010. Death found him as a member of IMAM MARIND’98. Executive Committee. Dr. Bogdanov is a founder of Varna Free University in 1991 and its first Rector.

For his considerable contribution to the Bulgarian economy and science Dr. Bogdanov has been PAST EVENTS awarded with high state prizes and orders.

th 11 International Conference on Marine Sciences and Technologies (BLACK SEA 2010) Varna, 2010

The last BLACK SEA-2010 Conference was held as an inter-congress event in the IMAM framework. The proceedings of the Conference received an ISSN code – as a periodical issue. There were presented 65

papers grouped thematically in the following topics: YURIY LEONIDOVICH VOROBYOV Shipbuilding and Ship Repair; Ship’s Hydrodynamics; Marine Engineering; Oceanology ; Prof. Yuriy Vorobyov passed away on 28th October Oceanic Engineering; Renewable Sea Energy 2010 at the age of 73, a wonderful man, a scientist Resources; Marine Safety and Protection of the known worldwide, a notable teacher, a leader, vice- Marine Environment. president and leader of the South Science Centre of the Transport Academy of Ukraine, vice-president of the Academy of Shipbuilding Science of Ukraine, Building for the Future academician of the Ukrainian Academy of Science, Athens, 6 April 2011 academician of the Russian Academy of Transport, a member of the British Royal Shipbuilding community

Yuriy Leonidovich Vorobyov Panos Yannoulis Yuriy Vorobyov was born in Odessa on 16 th Oceanking Technical & Trading S.A. Greece November 1937 in the family of an army engineer. In 1960 he graduated with honours the Shipbuilding The Conference “Building for the Future” was Faculty at the Odessa Institute of Marine Fleet organized by Newsfront / Naftiliaki, under the Engineers (OIMFE). He started his working activities auspices of the Marine Technical Managers

IMAM Newsletter June 2011 3 Association (MARTECMA) of Greece, at the Hotel dos Engenheiros), took place at IST’s campus in Ledra Marriott, Athens, on Wednesday, April 6 th , Lisbon between 10 and 12 May 2011. 2011. The MARTECH Conference has evolved from a The following subjects were addressed : series of national conferences on Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering which began in 1987 with - Shipbuilding in China versus Korea. Have Korean the joint organization of Instituto Superior Técnico yards resisted in an effective way the pressure put and the Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering on them by their Great neighbour? Will the new Section of the Portuguese Society of Engineers. The building trends be maintained both as far a the 1997 edition was organized in conjunction with the numbers and the location of the shipyards are Association of Naval Architects of Spain. concerned? Giving the event an international dimension, and in so - What are the new trends in shipbuilding? How doing, reflecting the real international nature of important will be the effect of new environmental present day business and academic activities has regulations? Will the new ships be much more attracted about 160 participants from varying sectors efficient than the ships of the current decade? Will (Shipyards and Ship-owners, Classification Societies, this accelerate scrapping and increase ship Government Agencies and Academia) in Europe building demand? (Germany, Italy, Norway, Spain and Turkey) and - Are ship owners ordering the right ships? Will Brazil. A bi-lateral satellite symposium was regulators, yards and ship owners be able to co- organized on the same topics between Portugal and operate in an efficient way and produce results Brazil. that will keep all involved in business and happy? MARTECH 2011 coincided both with the 15th Analysts were divided over the supply and demand anniversary of CENTEC, the Centre for Marine equation, as well as over the cost equation. Technology and Engineering of Instituto Superior Técnico (IST) (one of the main organizations of this The programme of the Conference covered the series of events), and also with the celebrations of 100 following subjects: years of IST. Keynote speaker: Stavros Hatzigrigoris, Managing The broad scope of the Conference covered aspects of Director, Maran Tankers Management Inc., “The the maritime activity which included Ship Design, importance of Hellenic shipowners in the ship Shipbuilding & Ship Repair, Maritime Transport & building market”. Ports, Marine Resources, Military & Surveillance Session 1: Shipbuilding Market Overview Vessels, and Recreational Crafts and Tourism Session 2: Green Shipping Technologies

Session 3: The Regulations Questions raised by the audience were answered and discussed by a panel of the speakers. Symposium “High Speed Marine Moderator: Takis Koutris, Chairman MARTECMA, Managing Director, Roxana Shipping Vehicles” Genova, 25-27 May 2011 All the presentations provided during the conference are available to download from the organizers web site: Antonio Fiorentino www.newsfront.gr/conference/conference/presentatio Department of Ship Engineering, Faculty of ns.html Engineering, University of Naples "Federico II"

During 25-27 May 2011 the 9th edition of the

Symposium “High Speed Marine Vehicles” has been MARTECH 2011 held. The first edition was held in 1991 and in these 1st International Conference on twenty years the conference has improved more and more its international characteristics: yet the last Maritime Technology and editions have been organized both by the Department Engineering of Naval Engineering of the University of Naples Lisbon, 10-12 May 2011 “Federico II” and the Royal Institution of Naval Architects which has taken care of the promotion all

over the world. C. Guedes Soares Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisboa, Portugal This last edition attained a foreign participation of 60% of attendants. In the first day six key-notes have The first edition of the MARTECH 2011 Conference, been presented by six professors of the most jointly organized by IST and the Portuguese Society distinguished Universities of the world: Faltinsen of Engineers (Colégio de Engenharia Naval da Ordem (Trondheim), Alkan (Istanbul), Mansour (Berkeley),

IMAM Newsletter June 2011 4 Papanikolaou (Athens), Soares (Lisbon), Wilson was “Joint research efforts for sustainable ecosystem (Southampton). management”. The session started with the exchange of celebrative The 8th Congress is organized by Russian State crests among the three Universities commemorating Hydrometeorological Univ. (RSHU) (www.rshu.ru) the centenary of their foundation: the Naples one, in cooperation with BONUS and Russian research founded by Gioacchino Murat 4 March 1811, institutions and scientific societies, with large Instituto Superior Técnico Lisbon, founded 23 May contribution of CBO, BMB and BSG. 1911 and the Yildiz Technical University Istanbul, Website: www. bssc2011 .org founded 22 August 1911.

Soon after Mr. Trevor Blakeley, in his quality of President of CEMT (Confederation of European Maritime Technology Societies) has presented the Award: “for a significant contribution to the IMAM 2011 Conference European maritime industry to Professor Antonio Genova, 12-16 September 2011 Fiorentino. Professor Antonio Fiorentino completed a long and distinguished academic career as the Director of the Everything is ready for the XIV IMAM Conference Department of Ship Engineering at the Faculty of that is going to be held in Genoa on September 12 to Engineering, University of Naples "Federico II". 16. More than 130 papers selected by the IMAM During this time, Professor Fiorentino has been technical committees from all over the world are actively involved with a number of major European organised in 9 sessions, covering all aspects of and international research programmes”. maritime transports and of coastal and sea resources exploitation, with focus on (but not limited to) the During the following two days, the Symposium has Mediterranean Basin. The technical programme is been held at the Congress Centre of “Federico II” available from the site: http://www.imam2011.it University on the sea front: about 40 papers have been presented coming, besides Italy, from USA, Presentations will be held in three parallel sessions in Portugal, Turkey, Australia, Norway, Algeria, Brazil, the venue of the XVI century Villa Cambiaso, seat of Colombia, Germany, Japan, Greece, Iran, UK. the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Genoa. A rich social program is also foreseen, The gala dinner was offered at the premises of the including a banquet at the Aquarium of Genoa and a Foundation Real Monte Manso di Scala, after a boat trip to Portofino. Details about participation and concert performed in the monumental Chapel of the registration to the Conference are available from the XVIII century: it has been a happy occasion to show above site. to foreign visitors a treasure of baroque art, unknown even to Neapolitan people. Conference website: www.imam2011.it

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1 International Symposium on CALENDAR OF EVENTS Naval Architecture and Maritime INT-NAM 2011 Istanbul, 24-25 October 2011

8th Baltic Sea Science Congress The 1 st International Symposium on Naval Architecture and Maritime will be held in Istanbul, BSSC 2011 Turkey on 24-25 October 2011.

St. Petersburg, Russia INT-NAM 2011 is organised by the Naval 22-26 August 2011 Architecture and Maritime Faculty of the Yildiz Technical University.

The Baltic Sea Science Congress is an international Deadlines and Key Dates forum for researchers of the Baltic Sea countries and is uniting the three major scientific communities: the Submission of Abstracts: 18 March 2011 Conference of Baltic Oceanographers (CBO), Baltic Notification of Abstract Acceptance: 15 April 2011 Marine Biologists (BMB), and Baltic Sea Geologists Submission of full-length Manuscripts: 15 June 2011 (BSG). The objective of the congress is to bring Notification of Final Acceptance: 15 July 2011 together marine scientists and experts as well as Conference website: www.int-nam.yildiz.edu.tr young researchers. The headline of the 8th Congress

IMAM Newsletter June 2011 5 XIV Latin-American Congress on Similar to IMAM, NAV Conferences are designed to be a meeting point for the scientific community and Maritime Sciences (COLACMAR) the operators of the Marine and Maritime sectors, Camboriú, Santa Catarina, Brazil with the aim of collating and discussing recent achievements in the fields of shipbuilding, shipping,

31 Oct – 4 Nov 2011 offshore and marine research.

Traditionally organised by the Italian Association on Marine Technology (ATENA), NAV2012 will mark The Latin-American Association of Researchers on the beginning of a new cycle of NAV conferences, Maritime Sciences (ALICMAR) and the Brazilian aiming at a stronger international focus, with Association of Oceanography (AOCEANO) annouce particular reference to future European and that the 14th Latin-American Congress on Maritime international research programmes and to the Sciences (COLACMAR) will take place between 30 th th dissemination and exploitation of on-going research October and 4 November 2011, in Balneário and development activities supporting the Maritime Camboriú, situated in the northern coast of the State and Marine industries. of Santa Catarina, Brazil. The beautiful city of Naples is home to hundreds of You are invited to participate in the XIV ship-owner companies and to several shipyards COLACMAR dedicated to sharing knowledge and devoted to the construction of merchant ships and recent developments in maritime sciences. pleasure crafts, as well as to important academic E-mail: [email protected] institutions as the Federico II and Parthenope Universities. An international Steering Committee is Website: www.colacmar2011.com being designated, formed by representatives from Academic Institutions and from the Companies operating in the relevant sectors. More details will be available shortly. Annual Meeting on Marine For more information please contact: Enrico Rizzuto Technology – HIMT 2011 ([email protected]) Athens, 28-29 November 2011

For the fifth consecutive year, the Hellenic Institute th of Marine Technology (HIMT) will organize its 11 International Conference on the Annual Meeting on Marine Technology at the Stability of Ships and Ocean Evgenidion Foundation Auditorium, Athens, on 28 and 29 November 2011. Vehicles, (STAB 2012) A number of high level papers will be presented, Athens, 23-28 September 2012 addressed to an audience of Academics, Scientists, Managers, Technical Managers and Professionals of The STAB 2012 Conference will be hosted by the the Maritime Industry. National Technical University of Athens (NTUA). In parallel to the Conference, a small scale exhibition For more than 35 years the STAB conferences are will take place at the Lobby of the Evgenidion the definitive meeting points for maritime and Foundation. offshore industry professionals who are interested in problems of stability. The process of abstract For more information, please visit the HIMT site submission is already active. For more information (www.elint.org.gr). visit the conference website at: www.stab2012.ntua.gr.

Conference Topics: Ship dynamic stability

th in rough sea, Stability of high-speed craft, Safety 17 International Conference on of fishing vessels, Nonlinear dynamics of extreme Ship & Shipping Research (NAV ship behaviour, Modes of ship capsize and ship design, Second generation intact stability criteria, 2012) Damage stability of passenger and cargo ships, Naples, 12-14 September 2012 Probabilistic and risk-based assessment of stability, Decision support and operational guidance, Design safety integration, Implications of new stability The seventeenth NAV International Conference on regulations for design, Naval ship stability, Ship and Shipping Research (NAV 2012) will take Stability of floating platforms, Offshore supply place 12 to 14 September 2012 in another Italian vessels, Unconventional problems of stability, important port, Naples. Dynamic instability beyond rolling, Modelling of

IMAM Newsletter June 2011 6 environmental excitations, Operation in polar waters & ice. IMAM INFORMATION

STAB 2012 Secretariat: School of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering, National Technical University of Athens, 9 Iroon 1 IMAM Membership Polytechneiou, Athens 15780 Greece. Tel: +30 210 7721714, Fax: +30 210 7721408, Senior Members: Email: [email protected]. Bulgarian Ship Hydrodynamics Centre, Bulgaria (Dr. K. Yossifov) Brodarski Institute, Croatia (Prof. V. Koroman) th Hellenic Institute of Marine Technology, Greece 11 International Conference on (Prof. C. Spyrou) Marine Sciences and Technologies Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal (Prof. C. Guedes (BLACK SEA 2012) Soares) Istanbul Technical University, Turkey (Prof. O. Varna, October 2012 Goren) National Technical University of Athens, Greece (Prof. G. Athanassoulis) th The 11 BLACK SEA-2012 Conference will be Technical University of Varna, Bulgaria (Prof. P. organized as usual by Local Organization of Kolev) Scientific and Technical Unions, Varna, Bulgaria University of Naples "Federico II", Italy (Prof. with co-organizers - Technical University of Varna, Antonio Paciolla) Hydro - and aerodynamic centre – BAS, Varna, University of Trieste, Italy (Prof. I. Zotti) Oceanology Institute – BAS, Varna and others and University of Zagreb, Croatia (Prof. V. Zanic) will be held in Varna, Bulgaria in October 2012. Ordinary Members: For more information please contact: http://nts.tea.bg/ Canal de Experiencias Hidrodinámicas, El Pardo (Madrid), Spain (Dr. Adolfo Marón) École Sup. d'Ingenieurs Marseille, France (Prof. B. First International Congress of Molin) Local Organization of Scientific and Technical Eurasian Maritime History Unions, Bulgaria (Mr. N. Vichev) Istanbul, 5-9 November 2012 Moroccan Society of Maritime Sciences and Port (SMSMP), Morocco (Prof. Mohamed Chagdali) Odessa State Maritime University, Ukraine (Dr. Piri Reis University, named after the famous, 16th Sergey Baskakov) century Turkish admiral and cartographer, was Piri Reis University, Turkey (Prof. O. Sag) established in 2008 to serve the maritime industry Polytechnic University of Madrid, Spain (Prof. both in Turkey and at international levels. The Miguel Angel Herreros) university has earned a prominent place in the Portuguese Association of Engineers (Ordem de Turkish maritime industry through its exceptional Engenheiros), Portugal (Eng. Victor Gonçalves de education quality. Piri Reis University has decided to Brito) hold the First International Congress of Eurasian Portuguese Association of Maritime Industries Maritime History, which will convey our Turkish (AIM), Portugal (Eng. José Ventura de Sousa) maritime heritage to future generations by bringing Suez Canal University, Egypt (Prof. M. Gaafary) together the contributions of international and Turkish Technological Educational Institute of Athens, historians. Piri Reis University has also decided to Greece (Prof. M. Theotokatos) hold this organisation once every two years. Universidad de A Coruña, Spain (Prof. Fernando López Peña) The submission of -250- word abstracts for papers Universitá degli Studi di Genova, Italy (Prof. G. and poster presentations that broadly address the Benvenuto) congress themes are welcome. The deadline for University "Dunarea de Jos" of Galati, Romania submission is 28 October 2011. (Prof. I. Chirica) University of the Aegean (Prof. Nikitas Nikitakos) Contact: Piri Reis University University of Alexandria, Egypt (Prof. H.W. Leheta) Istasyon Mahallesi, Tuzla 34940 University of Naples "Parthenope", Italy (Prof. A. ISTANBUL/TURKEY Scamardella) E-mail : [email protected] University of Rijeka, Croatia (Prof. N. Fafandjel) Tel : 0090 216-581 00 48 Vlora University, Albania (Eng. K. Lapa) Web site : http://congress2012.pirireis.edu.tr Yildiz Technical University, Turkey (Prof. A.D. Alkan)

IMAM Newsletter June 2011 7 Associate Members: Penny Temarel, University of Southampton, United Kingdom Amirkabir University of Technology, Iran (Prof. Leszek Wilczynski, CTO – Gda ńsk, Poland Mohammad R. Khedmati Kostadin Yossifov, Bulgarian Ship Hydrodynamics Yokohama National University, Japan (Prof. Makoto Centre, Bulgaria Arai)

Marine Structures 2 IMAM Officers Dino Cervetto, RINA, Italy IMAM President: Matteo Codda, CETENA-Genoa, Italy Ionel Chirica, University of Galati, Romania Prof. C. Guedes Soares, Instituto Superior Técnico, Leonard Domnisoru, University of Galati, Romania Portugal Yordan Garbatov, Instituto Superior Técnico–Lisbon,

Portugal Steering Group: Mohammad Reza Khedmati, Amirkabir University Prof. O. Goren, Istanbul Technical University, Turkey of Technology, Iran Prof. V. Zanic, University of Zagreb, Croatia Mario Maestro, University of Trieste, Italy Prof. C. Spyrou, Hellenic Institute of Marine Techn, Josko Parunov, University of Zagreb, Coratia Greece Cesare Rizzo, University of Genoa, Italy Prof. E. Rizzuto, University of Genova, Italy Emmanuel Samuelides, National Technical University of Athens, Greece IMAM Executive Committee: Ajit Shenoi, University of Southampton, United Kingdom Eng. K. Lapa, Vlora University, Albania

Prof. P. Kolev, Technical University of Varna,

Bulgaria Machinery & Control Prof. V. Zanic, University of Zagreb, Croatia Prof. M. Gaafary, Suez Canal University, Egypt Giovanni Benvenuto, University of Genoa, Italy Prof. B. Molin, École Superieure d’Ingenieurs de Andrea Cogliolo, RINA, Italy Marseille, France Christos Frangopoulos, National Technical University Prof. C. Spyrou, Hellenic Institute of Marine Techn, of Athens, Greece Greece Antonio Paciolla, Univ. of Naples (Federico II), Italy Prof. E. Rizzuto, University of Genova, Italy George Palambrou, National Technical University of Prof. I. Chirica, "Dunarea de Jos" University, Athens, Greece Romania Luca Sebastiani, CETENA-Genoa, Italy Prof. O. Goren, Istanbul Technical University, Turkey Prof. Y. Vorobyov, Odessa State Maritime Univ., Ukraine Shipyard Technologies

Ashutosh Sinha, SSA, United Kingdom

Niksa Fafandjel, University of Rijeka, Croatia 3 IMAM Technical Committees Luigi Mor, Nuovi Cantieri Apuania, Italy

Kalman Ziha, University of Zagreb, Croatia

Hydrodynamics

Stefano Brizzolara, University of Genoa, Italy Design of Marine Systems Dario Bruzzone, University of Genoa, Italy Ahmed Alkan, Yildiz Technical University – Pierre Ferrant, École Centrale - Nantes, France Istanbul, Turkey Nuno Fonseca, Instituto Superior Técnico–Lisbon, Ernesto Fasano, University of Naples, Italy Portugal Miguel Ángel Herreros, ETSIN, Spain Omer Goren, Istanbul Technical University, Turkey Kristofor Lapa, University of Vlora, Albania Gregory Grigoropoulos, National Technical Apostolos Papanikolau, National Technical University of Athens, Greece University of Athens, Greece Atilla Incecik, University of Strathclyde, United Panos Yannoulis, OCEAN KING, Greece Kingdom Vedran Zanic, University of Zagreb, Croatia Fernando López Pena, Univ. of La Coruña, Spain

Adolfo Maron, CEHIPAR-Madrid, Spain

Touvia Miloh, Tel Aviv University, Israel Safety of Marine Systems Bernard Molin, École Centrale – Marseille, France Marcelo Neves, Federal Univ. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Eugen Barsan, Constanta Maritime University, Jasna Prpi ć-Or ąić, University of Rijeka, Croatia Romania Constantinos Spyrou, National Technical University Gianfranco Damilano, ATENA, Italy of Athens, Greece Alberto Francescutto, University of Trieste, Italy

IMAM Newsletter June 2011 8 Paola Gualeni, University of Genoa, Italy Harilaos Psaraftis, National Technical University of Heba W. Leheta, Alexandria University, Egypt Athens, Greece Enrico Rizzuto, University of Genoa, Italy Giovanni Solari, University of Genoa, Italy Ângelo Teixeira, Instituto Superior Técnico –Lisboa, Portugal Offshore & Coastal Development

Francisco Taveira Pinto, University of Porto, Portugal Marine Environment Mohamed Chagdali, University Ben M’Sik José Antunes Do Carmo, University of Coimbra, Casablanca, Morocco Portugal Inigo Losada, University of Cantabria, Spain Felice Arena, University of Reggio Calabria, Italy Spyros Mavrakos, National Technical University of K.A. Belibassakis, Technological Educational Inst. Athens, Greece Athens, Greece Vicent Rey, University of Toulon, France Juana Fortes, LNEC, Portugal Leonardo Brunori, RINA, Italy German Rodriguez, University of las Palmas, Spain Eugen Rusu, University of Galati, Romania Agustin Sanchez-Arcilla, UPC- Barcelona, Spain Aquaculture & Fishing Lev Shemer, Tel Aviv University, Isreal Aida Campos, IPIMAR, Portugal

Teresa Dinis, Algarve University, Portugal

Rajko Grubisic, University of Zagreb, Croatia Protection of the Environment Barry O'neil, MARLAB, United Kingdom Ruggero Dambra, CETENA-Genoa, Italy Daniel Priour, IFREMER, France Selma Ergin, Istanbul Technical University, Turkey Antonello Sala, ISMAR, Italy Corrado Schenone, University of Genoa, Italy Emma Tomaselli, RINA, Italy Massimo Figari, University of Genoa, Italy

Small and Pleasure Crafts Ports & Transports Systems Carlo Bertorello, University of Naples, Italy Makoto Arai, Yokohama University, Japan Dario Boote, University of Genoa, Italy Rui Carlos Botter, University of São Paulo, Brazil Izvor Grubisic, University of Zagreb, Croatia Dimitrios Lyridis, National Technical University of Massimo Musio-Sale, University of Genoa, Italy Athens, Greece Lorenzo Pollicardo, Federagenti Yacht, Italy Eden Mamut, Ovidius University of Constantza, Antonio Scamardella, Parthenope University Romania (Naples), Italy Nikitas Nikitakos, Aegean University, Greece

The International Maritime Association of the Mediterranean (IMAM) is an international organization which promotes the maritime sector and related activities. For more information about IMAM, visit our web page at www.imamhomepage.org. For application for membership of IMAM, please contact the President, Carlos Guedes Soares , at [email protected]. Please submit information to the IMAM Newsletter to any member of the Editorial Board:

Editor: Carlos Guedes Soares ([email protected]) Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisbon Editorial Board: Petar Georgiev ([email protected]) Mo’mem Gaafary ([email protected]) Technical University of Varna, Bulgaria Suez Canal University, Egypt Panos Yannoulis ([email protected]) Leonard Domnisoru ([email protected]) OCEANKING Technical & Trading Ltd., Greece University (Jos de Dunree) of Galati, Romania Eden Manut ([email protected]) Spiros Mavrakos ([email protected]) Constanta “Ovidius” University, Romania National Technical University of Athens, Greece Kristofor Lapa ([email protected]) Enrico Rizzuto ([email protected]) Vlora University, Albania University of Genova, Italy Heba Leheta (heba.leheta@alex-eng,edu.eg) Antonio Scamardella ([email protected]) University of Alexandria, Egypt University of Naples "PARTHENOPE", Italy A.D. Alkan ([email protected]) Alberto Francescuto ([email protected]) Yildiz Technical University, Turkey University of Trieste, Italy Selma Ergin ([email protected]) Rajko Grubisic ([email protected]) Istanbul Technical University, Turkey University of Zagreb, Croatia

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