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Ship's Squat / Under Keel Clearances / Speed Loss at Restricted Waters & Static Condition from Dynamic Drafts / Tide Calculations Is it always correct to expect trim by head/bow when a vessel is navigating in waters with considerable ship's squat? As per Barrass detailed theory, this is not standard, if the ship is on even keel when static, the trimming effect depends on the ship type (fine / full form) and block coefficient (Cb) being considered. Kindly consider maximum squat at the bow occurs when the ships, mostly tankers, are on even keel when static or when they have trim by the bow when static. Web: https://lnkd.in/gQSARkh Eshop: https://lnkd.in/g3vDj4U hashtag # navigators hashtag # tanker hashtag # shipping hashtag # squat hashtag # malliaroudakis
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REMODELING OF TANKS & REVISION OF SOUNDING/ULLAGE TABLES In case of bunkers’ discrepancies between barges’ receipt quantities and vessel’s actual quantities. Our Services - Ensure the validity of sounding/ullage tables (Measurement of Reference Point-Zero Ullage) - Onboard Verification - Remodeling of Tanks - Revision to Sounding/Ullage Tables If of interest: sales@smmnet.co.uk Website: https://www.smmnet.com/ hashtag # bunkers hashtag # bunkering
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BALLAST WATER SYSTEM MOST INEXPENSIVE ALTERNATIVE FOR NON-CSR BULKERS In an effort to seek ways to exploit all the potential competitive advantages of your good fleet of bulk carriers that are de-ballasting by gravity on the side of the vessel to satisfy the IMO BWM Convention. During that effort and within the context of BWTS retrofit due to Ballast Water Management Convention Requirements, the most inexpensive structural alternative is the double bottom tanks to be connected with the topside tanks through the outboard air/sounding pipes to avoid direct overboard discharge of Ballast, which is not allowed by the recently applied WB Requirements. This scope of work, commonly, involves appropriate submittal to Class of the following Items: • Structural analysis to assess the structural capability of the double bottom and lower hopper structure to optimise relevant scantlings; • Revised renewal thickness plan; • Updated typical loading manual & loading sequence; • Updated grain lo

Ship Reporter Software

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SHIP REPORTER SOFTWARE The purpose of Ship Reporter is to reduce the number of reporting systems currently in use in order to ease the workload on the crews, and to have more accurate and value-adding data. Gains are summarized as follows: • Ease of use.  • Tailored to Company’s Reporting Policy.  • Good Data Quality of reports. • Minimization of human errors to vessel’s reporting due to ship-specific limits and standardization of typing/wording. • Easy transmission of reported data for further processing as well as for assessment of Voyage Performance and compliance to new regulations (ie. MRV). • Simple generation of automatic email with all the required data for easy reporting to all the concerned parties. • Smooth and care free integration of the stored data to third party software products.  • Consistent records of reported data that can be retrieved for any period. • Allowance of monitoring historic reported data with statistical analysis and KPIs integrations (ie. EEOI, Fue
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Our grandfather, Captain Spiros Lygnos, as Master of S/S Orion rescued and took great care of four Dutch Mariners 200 miles offshore of Finistère, France (Western Brittany) in North Atlantic in 1942. They had been on a lifeboat for 74 hours before their rescue. Following this tradition through SMM Emergency Response Service since 1992 and blended with our love for ships and respect for those working at sea, we have prevented on multiple occasions loss of life and property at sea. Our 24hr SMM Emergency Response Service covers your company and vessels, in times of crisis, when ship’s crew and management quickly need precise technical information and minimizes the consequences of casualty at sea by an essential thorough assessment of vessel’s Damage Stability & Residual Strength.

Cargo Split and Auto Trim software

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Features and Immediate benefits of Cargo Split and Auto Trim software are the following: • Calculation of optimum cargo distribution for achieving the most efficient Trim. • This Module is particularly useful during the last stages of actual Cargo Loading operation in the port. • Given a quantity of cargo that is yet to be loaded, with this stand-alone program can calculate how you should split the given quantity between two compartments in order to attain a given Trim. • Upgrade of your already approved Loading Program. • No need for Class Approval.
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Why Speed Through Water is so significant in Ships' Performance Assessment? Speed through water measurements should in theory not be affected by current. Speed log constitutes the only instrument onboard, which can provide such measurements even not so precisely. Even a modern dual axis Doppler log cannot always be relied upon. Most errors are expected to be caused by irregular currents, shallow waters, ship motions etc.. The abovementioned factors can be identified automatically by a performance monitoring system, as SMM Ship Performance Service that correlates the inflow speed of the propeller with STW.

Clean Hull Savings Calculator Software

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The economic importance of underwater hull condition cannot be understated. SMM (UK) Ltd. has developed a new Hull Roughness Penalty/Annual Gain Calculator. This is a ship-specific software that includes a solver for the estimation of the loss of speed, increase of power and eventually F.O. consumption reduction interpreting Divers' Report. The programme compares vessel fuel usage and derives the relative gain ($/year) for hull cleaning or new coating application. By comparing the hull roughness as built, the existing one prior to cleaning to the predicted roughness upon such operation, it is possible to predict the potential fuel cost difference and potential nett benefit.

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