Chevron and MARIN worked together on a novel approach to characterize the actual damping for an FSPO in real world conditions. Results show that using damping from model tests means that roll decay in ...

Ship roll motion, characterised by a vessel’s oscillatory movement about its longitudinal axis, remains a central focus in naval architecture and marine engineering. Recent studies have advanced our ...

The inspections found that bilge keel supports had cracked at the transverse bracket connection, well-placed sources told Upstream. Bilge keels run laterally to the main keel and are designed to ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Cracks have been found in the bilge keel of one of the New Zealand Navy's two Australian-built frigates. The navy yesterday blamed a ...

Recently Hydrex Spain carried out a permanent insert repair on a 225-meter cargo vessel at anchorage in Algeciras. The vessel had suffered a stress-related crack on the port side next to the bilge ...