Marine Development

{{short description|Scottish linkspan development company}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} '''Marine Development (Glasgow) Ltd.''', established in Scotland in 1972, developed the linkspan for over 30 years. They pioneered integral tank, submerged tank, and mobile linkspans under the direction of John Rose. These semi-buoyant ship-to-shore bridges<ref>{{cite journal |year=1983 |title=Linkspans complement RO-RO facilities |journal=Oceanic Abstracts with Indexes |publisher=Cambridge Scientific Abstracts |volume=20 |pages=87 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=v6s7AAAAMAAJ&q=%22Marine+Development%22+%2Blinkspan |accessdate= 2008-03-07 |author1=Abstracts, Cambridge Scientific |author2=Internet Database Service, Inc }}</ref> minimise engineering infrastructure requirements and were originally designed a cheap and simple means of using ro-ro ferries in the Western Isles of Scotland, but later found wider applications.<ref>{{cite journal |year=1978 |title=Equipment International applications for Scottish linkspan |journal=Fairplay International Shipping Weekly |volume=268 |pages=46 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ac87AAAAMAAJ&q=%22Marine+Development%22+%2Blinkspan |accessdate= 2008-03-07 |publisher=Financial Times }}</ref>

They no longer trade but their expertise was acquired in 2007 by TTS Marine, who are developing the design of tank linkspan further.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tts-marine.no/templates/page.aspx?id=2089 |title=TTS SIGNS WITH MARINE DEVELOPMENT LTD |accessdate=2008-03-07 |work=TTS Marine }} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref>

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Category:Companies of Scotland Category:Water transport infrastructure Category:1972 establishments in Scotland Category:Manufacturing companies established in 1972 Category:British companies established in 1972