Sentences with phrase «car deck»

Lift access is now available from the main car decks at E and C levels to the passenger areas at B and A levels.

The academy, which represents Britain's leading engineers, points out that the ro - ro ferry's large unobstructed car deck close to the waterline makes it uniquely vulnerable to capsize.

Most have an unobstructed car deck running the length and breadth of the ship not far above the water line.

A CONTOURED car deck could cut the risk of a «roll - on roll - off» ferry capsizing, according to researchers at the University of Strathclyde.

Love everything... especially the mantel... but can't get over the cool car decked out for the holidays... it's the bomb!

First and foremost in my book is the DVD's status as the debut DVD+CD — side «B» offers the soundtrack on the compact disc format, and it's operable in all players except car decks.

So if you're in the market for a British luxury car decked out with military - grade hardware — or if you happen to be Ted Nugent — and have a cool million or so to blow on it, now (or, rather, August 18 - 19) is your chance.

Just be sure to avoid coming across images of the same car decked out with the S Line kit and fancy Matrix LED headlights.

There are great opportunities to penetrate the wreck through the bridge, cafeteria (the kettles are even still there), the accommodation (complete with toilets, showers, and carpets) and upper car deck.

It is lightweight and one hand folded facility, easily fit on your car deck.

The IMO says that the vulnerability of the car deck is precisely the reason why it has set up the panel of experts to review all aspects of ro - ro safety.

ROLL - ON roll - off ferries should be designed to remain upright for at least 30 minutes after a large volume of water enters the car deck, says the Royal Academy of Engineering in a statement published last week.

Despite the introduction of tougher safety standards, the Baltic ferry Estonia capsized in 1994 after water reached the car deck during a storm, killing nearly 900 people.

The key requirement is that by 2002 all ferries will have to be able to survive with up to 0.5 metres of water on the car deck.

Vassalos and his team have put forward two designs for improving a ship's stability while keeping the car deck free of obstructions.

One way of achieving this is to build partitions on the car deck to prevent water sloshing around and destabilising the ship.

The panel proposes that the convention should specify that ro - ros are designed to survive with water on their car decks in much higher seas.

Although the experts» report does not say explicitly that ferries should have watertight bulkheads on their car decks, it strongly suggests that this is probably the easiest way to meet the higher stability standards that it is recommending.

The panel also wants ferries to be able to survive with up to 1 metre of water on the car deck just inside the bow doors and 0.5 metres inside the stern doors.

FERRY operators could be compelled to subdivide their car decks with bulkheads by the end of next year if new regulations are adopted next month by the International Maritime Organization.

The panel, chaired by Torkild Funder of the Danish Maritime Administration, says that the most dangerous problem with ro - ros arises when water builds up on their car decks.

Seaman haunted by ferry disaster — Kent Online — One of the men blamed for leaving the doors to the car decks open had to go into hiding after being hounded from his Kent home.

They had 3 cars all decked out in zombie defense gear.

In the morning, time for breakfast and then we're off with minimal wait and no queue to get to the car decks.

liked the luggage storage on the car deck as well, great idea.