1. Outline of scientific ocean drilling and specifications of riser drilling vessel Chikyu

   • Yusuke Yano
   • Shinichi Takagawa
   • Kazuyasu Wada

   Original articles Pages: 101 - 108

2. An experimental testbed for mobile offshore base control concepts

   • Anouck R. Girard
   • Daniel M. Empey
   • J. Karl Hedrick

   Pages: 109 - 118

3. Structural safety assessment of a pontoon-type VLFS considering damage to the breakwater

   • Masahiko Fujikubo
   • Taoyun Xiao
   • Kazuhiro Yamamura

   Pages: 119 - 127

4. Drift force on a bottom-mounted slightly porous vertical cylinder fixed in regular waves

   • Hiroshi Kagemoto

   Pages: 128 - 136

5. Long-term prediction method for the green water load and volume for an assessment of the load line

   • Yoshitaka Ogawa

   Pages: 137 - 144

6. Broaching prediction in the light of an enhanced mathematical model, with higher-order terms taken into account

   • Naoya Umeda
   • Hirotada Hashimoto
   • Akihiko Matsuda

   Pages: 145 - 155