# Marine Development

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{{short description|Scottish linkspan development company}}
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'''Marine Development (Glasgow) Ltd.''', established in [Scotland](/source/Scotland) in 1972, developed the [linkspan](/source/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](/source/ro-ro) ferries in the [Western Isles](/source/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](/source/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

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