http://www.regjeringen.no/en/dep/jd/Press-Center/pressemeldinger/2008/report-on-the-loss-of-the-bourbon-dolphi.html?id=505100
This is just the classic case of closing the barn doors after the horses are out. And in this case they are also locking them tight. While I...
http://www.marinesafetyforum.org/upload-files//safety-alert-notice/msf-safety-flash-07.17.pdf
If the deck is submerged you lose waterplane, hence you lose stability. However you are being influenced by a force directly astern, so the...
Let me try to make this simple to understand: Bollard Pull is the amount of force that a vessel can exert against a stationary object. It is...
Bollard Pull and Load are 2 different things. Bollard Pull is the amount of force that a vessel can exert against an object based on it's engines...
Just found this on the net: http://www.imca-int.com/documents/core/sel/safetyflash/2007/IMCASF05-07.pdf
The way the manual is made is to make it conservative and easier for the masters to use. As you say, there is a safe allowable curve. This curve...
The towing criteria that is required is that found in the Code of Federal Regulations, 46CFR 173.090 Subpart E-Towing. On the stability manual...
This is not exactly correct. US stability requirements do require that towline stability be done for a vessel capable of towing so these...
Safewalrus, I totally agree with you that it was a combination of things that caused this accident. I also doubt that we will ever know what...
The answer that you recieved on the upper storage reels is absolutely correct. The cable that is on these reels is not considered deck cargo, but...
I have been doing this for well over 30 years. I simply do the job that I am paid to do and trained to do. I take it as a compliment that you...
safewalrus, You silver tounged devil. In your previous account of your working experience you must have left out that tour of duty in the...
Safewalrus, One thing I learned a long time ago, was that I was ususally much better off keeping my mouth shut about things that I did not know...
Riggertroy, I cannot disagree with you when you say that many AHTS/OSV/PSVs do not do what they should. However, if it was me putting my...
Mr. Walrus Sir, I would suggest that if that's the way that you guys checked stability maybe you are lucky to be typing in a chat forum today....
Upon further reflection, I don't believe the .23m GM is correct, for these reasons: 1) As stated before, if the IMO required would be more...
You will note that I pointed out early on in this thread the fact that this vessel was very narrow [17m] for an anchor handling vessel. Also note...
In the GOM we moor at 2500m routinely, however with suction piles and synthetics, not anchors and chain. State of the art is not particularily...
