Marine Projects

Policy Support

The reports below have been archived and can be found at http://search-recherche.tc.gc.ca/archive/search.aspx

• A risk study of double pilotage in the Laurentian Pilotage Authority region
• Development of a pilotage certificate training program for the Laurentian region
• Effects of electronic chart displays on shipping traffic flow
• Impact of DGPS on conventional aids to navigation
• Integrated automatic equipment identification/optical character recognition (AEI/OCR) system
• Maximizing ship's draft in the St. Lawrence Seaway
• Modernization of pilotage certification
• Port of Montreal Extranet system development – design phase
• Risk assessment: aids to navigation in Canso Strait
• Risk assessment: aids to navigation in the St. Lawrence Seaway
• Short sea shipping market feasibility study
• Sustainable transportation technologies – forecast and framework for action
• Tanker consequence analysis
• Web-based electronic data interchange (EDI)

Navigation and Control

The reports below have been archived and can be found at http://search-recherche.tc.gc.ca/archive/search.aspx

• Advanced radar systems
  • Cross-polarized radar system
  • Development of a high-speed scanner
  • High speed scanner conversion
  • Ice hazard radar sea trials
  • Iceberg detection radar evaluation
  • Modular radar interface enhancements
• Demonstration of an ice navigation simulator
• Development and field testing of a neural network ship predictor system
• Development of a vessel positioning system for the St. Lawrence Seaway locks
• Field trial of an electronic chart display and information system (ECDIS)
• IceNav™ shipboard radar integration
• Ice navigation simulator
• Sailsafe – an electronic navigation system
• Study of APEC satellite navigation and communication systems

Efficiency and Reliability

The reports below have been archived and can be found at http://search-recherche.tc.gc.ca/archive/search.aspx

• Mooring selection guide
• Optical sensor evaluation
• Performance analysis system for ship machinery (PASM)
  • Firing pressure display system (FPDS)
  • Installation of a performance analysis system for ship machinery on a Type 1100 vessel
  • On-line combustion analysis system
• Predictive upkeep and maintenance program

Regulation and Standards: Safety and Security

The reports below have been archived and can be found at http://search-recherche.tc.gc.ca/archive/search.aspx

• Accessibility of safety equipment on small commercial passenger vessels
• Assessment of Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) child life jackets
• Blade data acquisition and analysis
• Damaged stability standards for high-speed craft – Phase 1
• Design load propulsion simulation
• Extension of service interval for life rafts
• Feasibility study of the structural testing of a large ice-strengthened propeller
• Firefighting systems for tunnel areas of self-unloading bulk carriers
• Flooding protection of ro-ro ferries – Phase 2
• Flooding protection of ro-ro ferries – Phase 3a
• Flooding protection of ro-ro ferries – Phase 3b
• Flooding protection of ro-ro ferries – Phase 4
• Flooding protection of ro-ro ferries – Phase 5
• Flooding protection of ro-ro ferries – Phase 6
• Lighted ice spar buoy
• Louis St. Laurent propeller damage analysis
• Modular ship modelling – Phase 3
• Optical measurements of blade deflection
• Propeller-ice interaction loading histories – fatigue and statistical analysis
• Ship evacuation simulator
• Standards for CO₂ fixed fire extinguishers on small vessels
• Standards for escape, evacuation, and rescue systems
• Survey of offshore safety systems

Regulation and Standards: Ship Regulations

The reports below have been archived and can be found at http://search-recherche.tc.gc.ca/archive/search.aspx

• Design standards for ship machinery
• Elastic and post-yield stability of framing
• Icebreaker characteristics synthesis
• Icebreaker parametric study
• Juniper structure model
• Physical stability model

Regulation and Standards: Crewing – Human Factors

The reports below have been archived and can be found at http://search-recherche.tc.gc.ca/archive/search.aspx

• Development of a fatigue management program (FMP) for marine pilots
• Hearing standards – Phase 2
• Performance-based ergonomic criteria and evaluation standards for offshore rig evacuation systems
• Peripheral vision requirements for crew on DFO/CG vessels
• Study of ice navigator fatigue
• Study of the effects of extended crewing periods

Regulation and Standards: Environmental Protection

The reports below have been archived and can be found at http://search-recherche.tc.gc.ca/archive/search.aspx

• Cost-benefit analysis of marine emission control technologies
• Marine emission factor and inventory study
• Marine emission inventory
• Marine emissions reduction
• NOx emission study
• Shipboard NOx sensor development
• Terminal appointment system study
• Trial of a continuous water injection system on board the Queen of New Westminster

Technology Transfer

The reports below have been archived and can be found at http://search-recherche.tc.gc.ca/archive/search.aspx

• Canadian search and rescue planning (CANSARP) validation – Phase 3
• Development of a global maritime distress and safety system antenna analyzer
• Development of a GPS Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon (GPIRB™) test facility
• Development of a high-speed scanner
• Easily recovered life rafts
• Integration of a Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver with a 406 MHz EPIRB
• Modular radar interface enhancements
• Motion and human factors in search and rescue
• Search and rescue target detection experiment – Phase 3
• Upgrading an artificial intelligence tracker for search and rescue