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• 1 Getting to know the Vessel

• 1.1 Vessels' numbers

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• Light weight of vessel (light ship)

  A vessel's light weight is the actual weight of the vessel without anything on board.

• What are the largest contributes to the constant?

  • Ballast water remaining in the ballast tanks
    
  • mud in the ballast tanks
  • fuel in the fuel tanks

• TPC (tons of centimetre)

  Is the total weights in tons required to make an increase or decrease in draft of one centimetre.

• Diffrence between block-shaped and a narrow shaped TPC:

  In a block-shaped vessel the TPC will not vary that much, in a vessel with a narrow shape will the TPC increase at each draft.

• MCT of MCTC (moment of changing trim)

  Is the distance from the aft perpendicular to the point where the vessel will change over trim, multiplied by the weigh neccesary to change the trim.

• What distances are useful while loading?

  • Dimensions of holds
    
  • distance towards tha aft perpendicular
  • distances between perpendiculars
  • draft
  • distance from the deck towards the plimsoll marks
    

• 1.2 Ballast and bunker capacity

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• Where are the double bottom tanks situated?

  Between vessels' keel and tanktop

• Where are double bottem tanks used for?

  To lower the VCG and increase the GM, when there are no options to do so by the cargo arrangement itself.

• Where are wing tanks situated?

  Between the sides of the vessels' hold and the hull  of the vessel.

• Where are wing tanks used for?

  To compensate for any list the vessel may have, they can be used to establish an extra GM by lowering the VCG of a vessel or compensate for trim during loading operations