Section 1: Ship Building and Design

Optimum design of a planing boat's hull form

Y. Yoshida

New building production costs structure optimisatioan

N. Fafandjel

B. Calic

A. Zamarin

Model of material supply control in shipyards

B. Metschkow

B. Malinowska-Sieminska

Effective pre-and post-processors for FEM strength analysis using AutoCAD possibilities

M. Bogdaniuk

A. Kniat

W. Puch

The prediction of some hull manufacturing parameters during early stages of ship design

W. Chadzynski

Optimisation of the fast craft hull structure by the genetic algorithm

Z. Sekulski

T. Jastrzebski

Optimisation of the collection of geometrical data in shipbuilding

J. Niebylski

Ultimate capacity of ships' hulls in combined bending

D. Beghin

T. Jastrzebski

M. Taczala

Visualization of ship motion at the roll motion stabilization with active fin stabilizer

I. El Fray

Z. Kubik

Nauticus--a life-cycle approach to ship design and decision support

M. Løvstad

S. H. Behrens-Nielsen

Emerging trends in ship design

D. Beghin

The KBXM ship hull structure

S. Belak

Economic evaluation of ships and ocean technology systems in initial design

K. Sanecka

Investigations of acoustic energy flow from vibrating ship partitions

S. Weyna

Section 2: Hydrodynamics

Eurowaves, an easy approach for local wave climatology

G. A. Athanassoulis

S. F. Barstow

L. Cavaleri

Transfer functions of nonlinear motion for ship advancing in head seas

J. Prpic-Orsic

R. Dejhalla

A. Zamarin

Hydroelastic response analysis of a floating airport using numerical wave tank

U. K. Paul

Modelling of blade wake in computational methods for propeller potential flow

J. Kulczyk

T. Tabaczek

Time domain computer simulation of sloshing in ship tanks due to irregular wave excitation

L. Konieczny

M. Walczyk

Section 3: Material Problems

The alloys used for screw propellers in the Polish Shipbuilding Industry

R. Chudzikiewicz

Proposal of using higher tensile steel HTS-40 (390 Mpa) on hatch coamings of open-deck ships

O. Al-Hassan

T. Jastrzebski

Factors influencing the blistering processes of underwater chlorinated rubber marine coatings

F. Cayuela

M. Morcillo

Section 4: Ship Propulsion and Equipment

Wind turbine on floating platforms for electricity services in Marinas (WIFEMA)

F. G. Cesari

G. Gaudiosi

Experimental verification of mathematical models of the example cooling system of a ship engine cylinder block

R. Michalski

W. Zenczak

Genetic algorithms for optimal series propeller design

J. Suen

J. Kouh

The influence of inlet angles in inlet ports on the scavenging process in two-stroke uniflow-scavenged engine

B. Litke

Research of marine diesel engine maintenance strategy

S. Fan

J. Zhong

Y. Yao

X. Yan

Possibilities of reliable and safe main engine load evaluation on board ship

J. Listewnik

Condition monitoring of stern tube lubrication

T. Hashimoto

N. Baba

H. Aoki

Influence of different controllers on ship motion stabilization at applied active fin stabilizer

I. El Fray

Z. Kubik

Vibration signatures, wavelets and principal components analysis in diesel engine diagnostics

G. O. Chandroth

A. J. C. Sharkey

N. E. Sharkey

Feasibility study into Stirling engines application in ship's energy systems

S. Zmudzki

Nauticus (Propulsion)-the modern survey scheme for machinery

J. Rysst

Section 5: Navigation and Ship Operation

Nautical analysis for the Port of Ferrol (Spain) using real-time ship simulation

J. R. Iribarren

M. G. Manes

G. Montero

C. Cal

Manoeuvring risk assessment for any type of restricted areas

S. Gucma

Efficiency of inland ship exploitation on water-ways

L. Tolkacz

Navigation and ship operation on Polish inland waterways

M. A. Michalski

Development of the port of ``Police'' supported by simulation research

W. Galor

An intelligent method of ship's trajectory planning at sea

R. Smierzchalski

Integrated control system for ship motion in inland navigation

J. Kulczyk

T. Bielinski

Ship's movement path on the straight fairway

G. Jaroslaw

Evaluation of ship manoeuvring in simulator training with the use of artificial intelligence

Z. Pietrzykowski

T. Dziedzic

On the ship trajectory tracking LQG controller design

Z. Zwierzewicz

Section 6: Reliability and Safety in Marine Technology

Hazard identification. Hazard and risk assessment for a ship when surviving

M. Gerigk

Safe handling of ships and human factor

L. K. Kobylinski

Computer-aided stablity calculations under shipping conditions for the example of chosen ship type

W. Sikorski

R. Szubartowski

R. Wrobel

Fuzzy load condition of a vessel in stability calculations

Z. Szozda

Occupational accidents at sea

D. Nielsen

Section 7: Environmental Issues

Computer system for estimation and analysis of radioactive contamination of surface water

V. Vorobiev

V. Kiselev

M. Korzhov

A. Krylov

N. Zhilina

Prevention of sea pollution from ships-the latest updates of standing regulations

T. Abramowski

E. Abramowska

Section 8: Structural Aspects

A simple method for evaluating the 3D welding effects on thin stiffened panel assemblies in shipbuilding

T. T. Chau

A. Paradis

J. C. Masson

Plates scantlings of partially filled tanks

M. Warmowska

J. Gorski

Fatigue problems in ship structure

J. Kozak

A proposal of the FM-SN graphs visualisation applied for a crack propagation process

E. Wittbrodt

H. Spus

K. Lipinski

Section 9: Deep Sea Systems and Vehicles

New concept of an integrated ROV system for underwater inspection

T. Graczyk

M. Matejski

W. Skorski

Methodology of remotely operated vehicle design

Tadeusz Graczyk

Fatigue crack propagation analysis of ship hull welded components

M. Bogdaniuk

Preparation of the breathing mixtures taking mixing effects into consideration

T. Kozak

Basis of thermal calculations of a diver-training chamber for simulated underwater activities

A. A. Stachel

Sliding control of motion of underwater vehicle

J. Garus

Z. Kitowski

Development of the new diving apparatus

R. K&lstroke;os

A. Majchrzycka

S. Poleszak

Conditions for thermal comfort in helium-neon-oxygen saturation diving

A. Majchrzycka

Section 10: Management Aspects

New tools for terminal container management

A. Becce

Quality Management System through Total Quality Management System

K. Krukowski

Emotional intelligence and human resources in quality management

D. Zawada-Michu&lstroke;ka

L. Bednarski

Total Quality Management-an issue of macroergonomics

L. Pacholski

Transit operations in Port Szczecin-Swinoujscie

G. Rosa

Polish business management dilemma in view of quality management on the example of Stocznia Szczecinska S. A.

B. Wegrzyn

The measuring of information in assuring the quality of constructional, technical, organisational and manufacturing processes of shipbuilding

A. Wolnowska

E. Niesyty

Index of Authors