Marine Operations Articles

Calculating a Ship’s Design MBL using OCIMF MEG-4

In Part 1 of this article, we saw a step by step guide to calculate the Environmental forces on a vessel based on “Standard” environmental criteria defined in Section 3 of OCIMF Mooring Equipment Guidelines Fourth Edition (MEG-4) in order to determine the ship’s...
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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. In this part, we will discuss the components of the emergency towing arrangement and how to select them. The purpose of emergency towing equipment is...
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Preliminary Rigging Arrangement Design OF 4 point, Single Hook Lifts for Non-Specialists

by Michael Harwood, PE, PMP Overview Lifting by crane is a basic construction operation that dates back to at least Sixth Century BC (ancient Greece for example) and the lifting operation itself dates back much further. It is a very common operation in present-day...
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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 and get started! However, a simple exercise of digging deeper will reveal critical items that we need to take care of. If we start thinking about the...
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