Introduction Dry-docking of a vessel is required at every 5 yearly intervals to carry out inspection of hull,...
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Using simple tools for efficient Passage Planning for seagoing vessels
Introduction Planning a vessel’s voyage is a critical detailed exercise, and the main goal is to ensure safe and...
Designing a closed chock as per IACS rules
Introduction Chocks are used universally for mooring and towing operations on ships. For towing operations,...
A quick empirical method for resistance estimation of planing vessels
Resistance estimation for a vessel is a fundamental exercise in design of the vessel. Resistance is a property that...
Powering the maritime industry with Hydrogen – Part 2
Powering the shipping industry with hydrogen - Part 2: Hydrogen propulsion on a ship - opportunities and challenges...
A simplified method of performing fatigue analysis of offshore structures
A simplified method of performing fatigue analysis of offshore structures Introduction An offshore structure is...
Powering the shipping industry with hydrogen: opportunities and challenges (Part 1)
Part 1: About Hydrogen – Basics, Opportunities, and Challenges Of late, hydrogen has been generating quite a buzz in...
Vessel Draft Survey Accuracy
by Chris Zeringue, Owner, MTS Marine Techincal Surveyors ...
How to use a ship’s hydrostatics to calculate its draft and trim
Introduction A ship’s hydrostatics, or hydrostats, is an oft used term in maritime parlance, and it refers to the...
Numerical integration methods for hull volume estimation
Introduction The hull of a ship is a complex 3D geometry, and finding out its simple properties like volume, centroid,...
Selecting the right Capstan for berthing a vessel
Introduction Capstans are frequently deployed mooring equipment used on all types of vessels. Capstans are...
How to do rule-based fitting calculations of a keyless propeller
Introduction A keyless propeller, as the name implies, requires no key for fastening the propeller on the cone of the...