Analysis of the accident of the MV Nakhodka. Part 2. Estimation of structural strength

摘要

In the early morning of January 2, 1997, a Russian tanker, the MV Nakhodka, broke in two in the Sea of Japan. The fore part of the vessel drifted and was stranded on the Coast of Japan, and the aft part sank. The coast of Japan was Seriously polluted by spilled heavy oil. Following this disaster, The Japanese Government established a Committee for the Investigation of the Causes of the Casualty of the Nakhodka. This paper deals with the structural strength of MV Nakhodka At the time of the accident.