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Marine Operations

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Marine operations are nonroutine operation of a limited defined duration related to handling of object(s) and/or vessel(s) in the marine environment during temporary phases (DNVGL 2017). A marine operation is a process involving interactions between dynamic systems, operational procedures, environmental actions, and human intervention. A marine operation shall be designed to bring an object from one defined safe condition to another.

Examples of Marine Operations

Marine operations include a large variety of activities. The definitions of the following commonly used operations are provided (DNVGL 2016).

  • Towing: The transfer at sea from one location to another location of a self-floating structure or a structure resting on a barge by pushing/pulling by tugs.

  • Launching:The activities comprising cutting of sea fastening of a structure resting on a launch barge, the structure’s slide-down on the launch rails on the barge and diving into the water until the structure is free...

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  1. Department of Mechanical and Structural Engineering and Materials Science, University of Stavanger, Stavanger, Norway

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  1. Hadal Science and Technology Research Center, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai, China

    Weicheng Cui

  2. School of Naval Architecture, Ocean and Civil Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China

    Shixiao Fu

  3. School of Marine Science and Technology, Newcastle University, Newcastle, UK

    Zhiqiang Hu

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    Zhen Gao

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Li, L. (2020). Marine Operations. In: Cui, W., Fu, S., Hu, Z. (eds) Encyclopedia of Ocean Engineering. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-6963-5_194-1

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