We all know that SAR, standing for the Search-and-Rescue is the search for and also provision of the necessary lifesaving assistance to the persons who are in distress and under imminent danger to their lives. The SAR arrangements developed and implemented by the Australian maritime authorities are actually intended to complement such emergency services as fire service, police and first aid in cases where those services are unavailable due to some reasons, such as the rescues at sea, remote operations etc.

Note that the Australian SAR region covers not only the Australian continent itself, but also includes large areas of the Pacific, Indian and Southern Oceans supplemented with the Antarctic territories of the Australia - all that area reaches nearly sixty million square kms. The present official manual was released to document the standard procedures and established techniques for promoting the effective saving of human lives at sea.

Nowadays, we may all witness the constantly increasing need for the construction of the new engineering structures in the region of Arctic seas. Subject requirement has actually been generated by the rapidly developing offshore oil and gas industry, taking into consideration that substantial reserves of the hydrocarbons are known and confirmed to be there.

Structures designed to work in the Arctic region should be capable of withstanding all severe environmental forces commonly generated by the sea ice - note that this subject is still quite far from being completely understood. The underwater pipelines should be safe against the strudel scour and ice gouging; moreover, they should be build in a safe manner and economically. In addition to that, we have to understand and take into account such important factors as the human environment and social factors plus some others.

The present volume is taking a broad view and accounts for the interactions that occur between different factors involved. Numerous case studies of the actual projects in the Arctic region are illustrating the main content of the work.

Every welding project is completed one weld bead at a time. From fabrication and repair shops, arc welding is one of the most common and versatile methods of joining the metal. The present video film has been specifically developed for the people who already have some very basic knowledge of the welding processes but lack of the required practical experience.

This video will explain the basic welding techniques, tell them about the proper preparation for the welding and also the welding sequence to be followed in order to establish a high-quality weld seam. Note that the content of the film will be very useful and informative not only to the students and future welders or hull constructors, but also for the people who are already working with welding and wish to improve their welding skills or to refresh them. Take some fifty minutes watching the film and you will know nearly everything about arc welding process.

This book by Peter Nielsen, who is a very experienced seafarer, provides excellent and perfectly chosen general information about anchoring. The author gives very good and understandable descriptions of the types of anchors that are in use together with the tips on the anchoring itself. The readers will find all information they need here - the answers to all questions on the anchoring they have.

In fact, anchoring is considered a key skill for any yachtsman and boater, does not matter sail or power. The present publication will provide you with the easy-to-follow and fast instruction that will help you to perform the anchoring in a safe and efficient manner. The booklet belongs to the famous Captain's Quick Guide series and is very popular among seamen.

The readers will know how to use the right anchors, how to select and size the correct anchor chains and connectors, and also learn the basic anchoring techniques. An absolutely recommended volume for all boaters - we suggest that you print this one out, laminate and put in your boat to make sure that it is readily available at any time.

The book by Robert Bruckshaw has been dedicated to the so-called Admiralty models. The volume opens with a section providing some the general information on these models of the vessels which will be telling the readers everything they wanted to know about the models, the materials they are commonly made of, and other important things.

In fact, creating a model of the vessel is a sort of marine art because a model is a smaller example of a real ship. We can definitely recommend the present publication to all people with the deep interest in ship model making because they may find here some information quite difficult to be found somewhere else, in other publications on model making.

The author, who is the recognized experts in this field, has managed to create a volume that provides all required information presented in a manner making it understandable and easy-to-follow even for the novices...

The book is dedicated to the marine structures and addresses the most important aspects of their analysis and technical design. The authors of the present publication containing the papers presented in the course of the MARSTRUCT 2009, are exploring the very recent developments, in fact the same way they do it in the "Advances in Marine Structures" publication.

The content of the work is arranged in a same way. The book is recommended to all persons involved in the design and analysis of various offshore structures and shall be used as a valuable source of reference information by the students, practicing offshore engineers and other professionals.

Again, among the topics covered there are strength assessment, load effects, fabrication of the marine structures together with the materials used for fabrication, structural reliability of the structures, as well as various environmental and safety matters.

In the recent decades we could witness quite significant technological advances in establishing and developing the new modeling procedures and methods for conducting the structural assessment of the marine structures. Some of the assessment methods have been incorporated into the methods commonly used for the analysis and design of the efficient vessel structures.

The present publication is also dealing with the fabrication of such structures and contains the papers which have been formally presented in the course of the Third MARSTRUCT held in Hamburg in 2011. The content of the book has been arranged in six sections, covering the tools and methods for strength assessment and establishing loads and their effects, experimental analysis of marine structures, their fabrication, structural reliability of those structures, structural design, optimization, safety issues and protection of the environment.

The book is intended for use in scientific organizations, universities, class societies, by ship designers, owners and all people involved in the design analysis of the marine structures. It will also be useful for the people willing to keep in the loop of the latest technical happenings.

This truly excellent tutorial prepared by Brian King contains all necessary information for the beginners on how they can start making nice ship models. You will find so many useful tips there that will help you a lot. The book is illustrated with sketches and photos. It is devoted to not only trying to put down the author's knowledge but also to his philosophy on ship model making.

In his publication the author has tried to combine theory and practice for the modellers; the content of the volume is actually reflecting his own philosophy on model building. The text and instructions provided in the book are largely based on the numerous quite complicated modelling projects. The book is really showing the readers so many practical tips and model making methods, that is why is gained so huge popularity among modellers all around the world.

The content is perfectly arranged in popular sections with advices, supplemented with plenty of worked examples and images for better understanding even by the newcomers to the interesting world of ship modelling. One of the most popular and recommended publications for any ship model maker noting the amount and quality of the information presented.