Ship Design & Construction

  • How Are Ships Prepared For Drydocking?

    How Are Ships Prepared For Drydocking?

    The efficiency of a ship is determined by how well all the ship’s machinery and operating systems are maintained. To ensure such conditions are maintained, SOLAS Chapter-I Regulation-10, stipulates that […]

  • Ship Hull Construction – Main Plans And Drawings

    Ship Hull Construction – Main Plans And Drawings

    One aspect of a ship that needs additional consideration during design and construction is the hull. In the development of naval architecture, hull designs have gone from cylindrical wooden shanks […]

  • What Are Stepped Hulls?

    What Are Stepped Hulls?

    Stepped hulls are those hulls that have either a transversal or longitudinal break on the hull bottom called steps, which are designed to reduce the amount of hull surface which […]

  • What is Ship Launching?

    What is Ship Launching?

    Ship launching is a highly detail-driven and extremely labor-intrinsic division falling under the entire process of ship construction. To this day, there are only four mainly available and extensively used […]

  • Do Ships Float Higher In Saltwater?

    Do Ships Float Higher In Saltwater?

    Sailing in rivers and open sea, you may notice that your ship is floating higher in saltwater or what is more important, the draft is smaller. This makes navigation safer […]