Minimum ballast design - intact stability and damage stability

摘要

The handling of ballast water creates a lot of extra operational challenges which are expected to increase in the future due to the introduction of a requirement of a Ballast Water Treatment System. In addition, by removing the ballast water, more cargo could be carried with the same displacement. As a result, while designing Quantum, how to achieve a ballast-free green ship and at the same time fully comply with all the stability rules has been a major concern.rnDamage stability Generally speaking, the damage stability requirements are more critical than the intact stability requirements. Also, as a result of new harmonised probabilistic damage stability rules which took effect on 1 January 2009, discussions about what effects the new rules will have on ship designs have been held throughout the shipping industry. Therefore, while designing Quantum, the focus has been on certain design factors which will influence container ships' damage stability results.