Boating & Shipping Transportation List

1 US Navy Ships

http://www.chinfo.navy.mil/navpalib/ships/

US Navy military ships site includes information and images of amphibious warfare ships, battleships, aircraft carriers, cruisers, destroyers.

2 DOTs Maritime Administration

http://www.marad.dot.gov

The overall mission of the Maritime Administration (MARAD) is to promote the development and maintenance of an adequate, well-balanced United States merchant marine, sufficient to carry the Nations waterborne commerce and capable of serving as a naval and military auxiliary in time of war or national emergency while also seeking to ensure that the United States enjoys adequate shipbuilding services, efficient ports, effective intermodal water/land transportation systems and reserve shipp

3 National Maratime Resource and Education Center

http://www.marad.dot.gov/

National Maratime Resource and Education Center is part of the Maritime Administration (MARAD) and attempts to assist the U.S. shipbuilding, ship repair, owner/operators and marine suppliers in improving their international competitiveness.

4 High Technology Ship with Shallow Variable Draft and Self Loading/Unloadi

http://www.marad.dot.gov/nmrec/maritech/proj33.html

National Maratime Resource and Education Center effort was to advance the technology associated with a variable draft cargo ship suitable for operations in new emerging markets with undeveloped or under developed port facilities and additionally this project included a marketing assessment and a parametric variation of ship sizes for this market.

5 Navy

http://www.navy.mil

US Navy military site.

6 Commercial Ship Design Projects and a Shipbuilding Technology Project

http://www.marad.dot.gov/nmrec/maritech/proj36.html

NASSCO is the prime contractor for four MARITECH commercial business development projects for three new commercial ships: a cruise ship, a double-hulled crude carrier, and a commercial RO/RO.

7 NIOSH Ship Building

http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/ergship/ergship3.html

Information on ergonomic interventions in ship building from the Participants Division of Applied Research and Technology National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH).

8 Definitions and Mnemonics for Sailors and Powerboaters

http://fmg-www.cs.ucla.edu/geoff/mnemonics.html

A collection of such mnemonics, covers lights, boat parts, bouyage, sound signals, navigational formulas and right-away-rules.

9 Tugboat Enthusiasts Society of the Americas

http://www.tugboatenthusiastsociety.org

Tugboat Enthusiasts Society of the Americas, commonly known as TES by its members, was developed into an association of people who shared an interest in tugboats and work boats. The society is dedicated to the history, technology, and culture of tugboating in the Americas.