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Flooding and sinking procedures of a damaged floater is defined.
A method for intermediate flooding and sinking simulation of the damaged floater in time domain is proposed.
Theoretical background for the simulation is established.
We perform the intermediate flooding and sinking simulation.
The time to be equilibrium or the time to sink is estimated from the simulation.
When a floater such as a ship or an offshore structure is damaged in the sea, it is necessary to determine whether the floater will sink in water or not. If the floater will sink, the time to sink should be estimated to make an emergency plan. In addition, causes of
Marine Insight
When building ships of massive dimensions, the risks involved also increase proportionately. The ship construction process can be fraught with a disaster waiting to happen, while the actual sailing on the high seas poses a major threat to the stability of the ships.
All manners of safety arrangements are undertaken by all shipping companies that run thousands of ships plying the oceans. But for an industry of such massive proportions, accidents do tend to happen due to avoidable
Oil spills outside China's Qingdao port after ship collision
BEIJING: A tanker carrying around 1 million barrels of bitumen mix was involved in a collision near the Chinese port city of Qingdao, spilling oil into the Yellow Sea, Chinese maritime officials and tanker representatives said on Tuesday (Apr 27).
The collision involving the anchored Liberia-flagged tanker A Symphony and the bulk vessel Sea Justice took place at 8.50am local time, A Symphony's manager Goodwood Ship Management said in an e-mail.
"The force of the impact on the forward port side caused a breach in cargo tanks and ballast tanks, with
La sección del Departamento de Justicia de Estados Unidos en Puerto Rico informó este lunes de la captura de un submarino semisumergible de 15,8 metros de eslora y 2,4 metros de ancho que transportaba unos 2.500 kilogramos de cocaína en aguas del mar Caribe.
La droga podría haber alcanzado un valor de 75 millones de dólares, según explicó en rueda de prensa el fiscal federal para el Distrito de Puerto Rico, Stephen Muldrow.
La embarcación habría zarpado de la costa norte de Colombia con el objetivo de descargar su mercancía en Puerto Rico. El submarino y tres tripulantes colombianos fueron detenidos el 8 de abril por la Guardia Costera. Los hombres fueron imputados el 14 de abril, aunque el Departamento de Justicia informó de la incautación este lunes.
Indonesia has about 72 hours left to rescue 53 crew members of a missing navy submarine before they run out of oxygen, the navy said.
The KRI Nanggala-402 vessel is thought to have disappeared about 60 miles (100km) off the coast of Bali early on Wednesday morning.
Six warships, a helicopter and 400 people are involved in the search.
Singapore and Malaysia have dispatched ships, and the US, Australia, France, and Germany have offered assistance.
The German-built submarine had been conducting a drill but failed to report back and contact was lost, the navy said.
