Useful links

09.11.2021

The internet nowadays is a vast domain of information but the quality of this information may vary from site to site. User discretion is therefore advised with using the internet as a source of information.

To help with gathering information via the internet following is a small sample of internet links that may be useful.

Although all links were tested when this book went into print users should be aware that the internet is changing all the time and that internet links may not be available when you try them (broken links).

A "clickable" version of this list can be found on the publisher's website: www.dokmar.com

New interesting links that could be included in the next print of this book may be sent to the publisher's e-mail address: info@dokmar.com

1. Standards

www.imo.org	International Maritime Organisation
www.iso.org	International Organization for Standardization
www.cen.eu	European Committee for Standardization
www.cenelec.eu	European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization
www.iec.ch	International Electrotechnical Commission
www.cie.co.at	International Commission on Illumination
www.itu.int	International Communication Union

www.bsigroup.com British Standards, main internet site

www.ansi.org American National Standards Institute with a vast Internet Resources Overview page some of which are also listed here.

www.uscg.mil United States Coast Guard (USCG) main site

www.standard.no/en/sectors/Petroleum Norwegian Standards for the Petroleum Industry

.2. Ships Classification Societies	Some of the major ships classification societies are listed below. Only those societies are listed that are member of both the International Association of Classification Societies and the European Maritime Safety Agency
www.iacs.org.uk		International Association of Classification Societies
www.emsa.europa.eu		European Maritime Safety Agency
www.lr.org/sectors/marine		Lloyd's Registers ships classification main internet site.
www.cdlive.lr.org		Lloyd's Registers marine classification information service with entries to lists of type approved equipment
www.eagle.org		American Bureau of shipping
www.bureauveritas.com		Bureau Veritas main internet site with link to Maritime Industry section
www.gl-group.com		Germanischer Lloyd
www.rina.org		Registro Italiano Navale (RINA)
www.classnk.or.jp		Nippon Kaiji Kyokai, known as ClassNK or NK, Japanese classification society
www.rs-head.spb.ru/en		Russian Maritime Register of Shipping
www.dnv.com/industry/maritime		Det Norske Veritas, Marine section

3. Large systems and equipment suppliers

Some of the major international systems and equipment suppliers are listed below.

www.schneider-electric.com	Schneider Electric, components, complete assemblies and systems. Main site with a large database with free downloads of Cahiers Technique in PDF format with very detailed design information on various subjects. Enter "cahiers" in the search input field to get a complete overview.
www.siemens.com	Siemens, components, complete assemblies and systems. Main site with again lots of free information and download
www.abb.com	ABB, components, complete assemblies and systems
www.ge.com	GE, components, complete assemblies and systems
www.nema.org	NEMA, the Association of Electrical and Medical Imaging Equipment. NEMA is the trade association for the electrical manufacturing industry in the USA and has approximately 450 member companies manufacturing products used in the generation, transmission and distribution, control, and end-use of electricity..
4. Material classification
www.ul.com	Underwriters Laboratories (UL) is an independent product safety certification organization that is testing products and writing standards for safety
www.ptb.de/en	The Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB) is the German national metrology institute providing scientific and technical services. PTB certificates are applied for instance to explosion proof equipment
.5 Ships Automatic Identification System (AIS)	Two examples of internet sites with live presentation of ships movements around the world
www.marinetraffic.com/ais
www.digital-seas.com
6. General science, basics for engineering
www.bubl.ac.uk BUBL LINK Catalogue of Internet Resources covering all academic subject areas
www.intute.ac.uk INTUTE is a useful site to find websites for study and research
www.unesco.org	United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural specific the Natural Science section (tab Organisation and on their site more)
7. Various sites	Below is a sample of internet sites that may contain useful information. This is a random selection from the millions of sites now available on the internet
www.mathconnect.com	Mathconnect, on-line calculations and conversions. Simple to use site with direct results
www.thefreedictionary.com	Free on-line English dictionary
www.wetransfer.com	For transfer of big files which are difficult to attach to e-mails
www.stormy.ca	Canadian internet site loaded with interesting information and more links
www.gizmology.net/batteries	Some notes on the selection of batteries with an on-line calculation part
www.islandnet.com/robb/marine.html	Site with some interesting guidance for testing
www.webbook.nist.gov/chemistry	National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Chemistry Web-Book with a search engine and database to find the chemical properties of 70.000+ materials

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