CHAPTER 6

FREEBOARD ASSIGNMENT

6.1

Introduction The assignment is for identify the load line of the vessel.

6.2

Ship Classification

It is important to have clear in your mind the difference between registration, and classification, which is the subject of this section. i. ii. Registration, it will be recalled, is the establishing of a ship's nationality - its flag. Classification is a way of a ship obtaining a certificate of quality, without which no one will want to insure it, or the cargo it carries, and no wise person would want to entrust their cargo to such a ship.

Classification is by no means mandatory in all countries, but some states do insist upon it. Usually, that is because the roles of flag inspection and classification society are combined within a single organization. Russia and South Korea are both examples of this; India too has a similar system, but most Indian ship owners choose also to class their ships with one of the European classification societies for commercial reasons.

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Type of Classification. Some of ship classification that have founded.

6.4

International Convention On Load Lines 1966.

It has been recognized that limit on drafts/draughts to which a ship may be loaded make significant contribution to her safety. The first ICLL (1930) was based on the principal of reserve buoyancy. ICLL 1966 focuses freeboard of ships by subdivision and damage stability calculations. The purpose of load lines is to ensure that a ship has sufficient freeboard and thus sufficient reverse buoyancy. Freeboard measured between the lowest point of the uppermost deck at ship side and the waterline and must not be less than the freeboard marked on the load line certificate issued to the ship.

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Plimsoll Mark

The loading mark on the side of a vessel.

The draught of a vessel is the vertical distance from the keel to the waterline. The maximum permitted draught varies according to the seasons and waters in which she plies. The markings are given above, and all ships should be loaded so that the loadline corresponding to the zone in which they are steaming must not be submerged. The seasons to which the markings apply are Tropical (T), Summer (S), Winter (W) and Winter North Atlantic (WNA). The BV in the above diagram denotes "Bureau Veritas". 6.6 i. ii. iii. iv. v. vi. Additional Load Lines Marks TF: Tropical Fresh Water F: Fresh Water T: Tropical Seawater S: Summer Temperate Seawater W: Winter Temperate Seawater WNA: Winter North Atlantic

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Bureau Veritas

For our company, Grade One Marine Shipyard SdnBhd, we using Bureau Veritas(BV) Classification to determine freeboard and load lines for 76 m Anchor Handling Tug. Here, we also attached the detail below that has given by BV.

Freeboard from Deck Line: TROPICAL SUMMER WINTER 1274 mm(T) 1412 mm(S) 1550 mm(W)

WINTER NORTH ATLANTIC TIMBER TROPICAL TIMBER SUMMER TIMBER SUMMER -

1600 mm(WNA) mm above (LT) mm above (S)

mm(LT) mm(LS) mm(LW)

mm below (LS) mm below (LS)

TIMBER WINTER NORTH ATLANTIC

mm(LWNA) -

Allowance for fresh water for all freeboard other timber Allowance for fresh water for timber freeboard mm

128 mm

The upper edge for the deck line from which these freeboard are measured is 0 mm below the top of the steel upper deck at side. Length (Lf) as define Reg. 3(1) Freeboard assigned as Type of ship : : : 70.13 m

New Ship TYPE B : 6.60 m (From Base Line)

Draught to the center of ring (Moulded) The above freeboard is assigned subject to : Approval of Final Stability Book