There are whole books on that, so an article is just going to give you an outline...like in the thread below.
http://www.boatdesign.net/forums/boat-design/lines-plan-29882.html
or you could read Hydrodynamics in Ship Design, by Saunders. There is a whole section at the end detailing the design of a cargo liner and her boats.
http://www.archive.org/stream/hydrodynamicsins5765saun#page/n3/mode/2up
"Ship design in 300 words"i need an outline only an article of about 300 to 400 words... it's an assignment for me
Yes jehardiman.... i need an outline only an article of about 300 to 400 words... it's an assignment for me ... It should include the basics of ship design ....i need some guidelines to prepare it.