Casualty statistics show that container loss in heavy weather is an important issue for innovative container ship designs. The paper describes research activities at Germanischer Lloyd aiming at the reduction of cargo losses. One example is ship-specific operational guidance, assisting the ship master to avoid excessive motions and accelerations in heavy weather. Another example is the definition of design accelerations, underlying the operational guidance. While the regulations concerning strength of containers, lashing and twistlocks, as well as container stowage exist, the supervision of their implementation in ports is not sufficient. Operational performance at sea has not been addressed so far by international regulations, this aspect is especially important for innovative hull forms and innovative loading profiles characteristics for container carriers. A ship-specific operational guidance is proposed as a possible measure to address the required long-term operational performance standards. Further factors are identified which are becoming increasingly important for deck cargo safety of new container carriers and may need to be addressed in design and operation, particularly flexibility of the hull girder and container stacks.


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    Title :

    Towards safer container shipping


    Additional title:

    Maßnahmen für einen sicheren Schiffstransport von Containern


    Contributors:

    Published in:

    Publication date :

    2013


    Size :

    7 Seiten, 6 Bilder, 11 Quellen



    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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