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HOEGH BEIJING in Blohm & Voss floating dock, Hamburg, 24.06.2015
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Thank you Marcus and Brett for the nice compliments and Theo, thanks for further explanations!
Cheers,
Jens
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Car carriers are rather light, but have a very big above wind-area, compare it to a sailing vessel with a good breeze,,they hardly move. With force 5-6 from the side in ballast the bulkers I sail rolling much less then loaded in the same condition, the stabilising effect of the high hull and wind area is gone. Ever saw small fishers on the elbe/cuxhaven, they often have a small sail set,,this is plain and only for stabilising the vessel in righ seas
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Cheers, Marcus
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All the best
Jens
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As for the stabilizers, I don't know it for a fact, but I designed a car carrier as part of a school project a few years back and never came across any stabilizing systems in my reference ships. However, I would assume more than a few have permanent ballast onboard as I found it very difficult to load the vessel in such way that it would stay upright despite having relatively conservative design. However, thanks to the very large freeboard, the vessel rarely sank (never expected to use that expression as a naval architect...) but was often floating with a very large heeling angle (remember e.g. Cougar Ace). I have seen videos of car carriers rolling in heavy seas, gently (thanks to the low metacentric height) but with pretty extreme angles (up to the point where cars broke loose and were recorded flying around on the car deck by the CCTV system).
Anyway, I apologize if I have offended someone with my remark - that was not my intention.
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Cheers,
Jens
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I don't think car carriers have stabilizers or anti-rolling tanks, or at least I have never heard of such features on these vessels. After all, the cargo is typically lashed on the deck, so rolling does not really matter.
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