Introduction The windage area of a vessel or offshore structure is the area that is exposed directly to the wind. As...
Marine Transportation Articles
Calculating the maximum stacking height of pipes
Introduction Pipes (or linepipes or joints) are used for multiple purposes and locations in the maritime/offshore...
Safe Towing: Calculating a towline’s catenary and sag
Introduction Towlines connect a tug to the vessel being towed and are defined by multiple characteristics like Weight,...
Designing the lashings of deck cargo using IMO CSS
Introduction More than 70% of the earth is covered by water, which makes shipping historically the easiest and...
Using MS Excel to evaluate the Stability of existing Barges
Barges are the simplest, and yet most widely used of marine vehicles. They are used for a variety of purposes ranging...
Calculating forces on a ship’s deck cargo – a simplified approach
A cylindrical deck cargo (Source: Wikimedia) Introduction A ship’s deck is used to transport many different types of...
Designing a pad-eye: little items with big intricacies
Pad-eyes are one of the smallest and most universally used structural items in the maritime and Oil & Gas...
Designing a simple 4-point lashing system for a Deck Cargo
Introduction Lashing of a deck cargo on a ship involves different means and mechanisms to secure the cargo to the deck...
Selecting the right equipment for towing operations – Emergency Towing
In Part 1 of the article, we discussed the regular towing arrangements and how to select the towing gear for the same....
Selecting the right gear for towing operations – Part 1
Towing operations seem pretty straightforward – we just need to connect the vessel to be towed to the right sized tug...
Removing Human Error in Ship Performance Analysis
Introduction Shipping is the most dominant means of transport that facilitate global trade. Over 90% of world trade is...
Transportation Analysis for deck cargo – complete breakdown
Introduction In the simplest terms, Transportation Analysis is the complete design and engineering which goes behind...