Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A cargo ship hit the Sunshine Skyway Bridge over Florida's Tampa Bay in 1980, collapsing one span and killing 35 people. AP ...

Marine vessels and offshore installations rely on intricately designed structural systems to endure complex combinations of static and dynamic loads arising from buoyancy, wave action, wind, currents ...

The Ship Structure Committee (SSC) is pleased to unveil three historical films recently re-discovered in the archives at U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters in Washington, DC. Two of the films document a ...

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The Ship Structure Committee has recently issued two new reports on the following topics: Reduction of S-N Curves for Ship Structural Details, and Underwater Repair Procedures for Ship Hulls (Fatigue ...

A three-day course hosted by ABS in partnership with BMT Fleet Technology will help participants learn how design, maintenance and operational issues affect fatigue and fracture of steel and aluminum ...