Tokyo: Mitsubishi Heavy
Industries (MHI) has developed a new device to enhance the damage stability of
ships and reduce the risk of capsizing.
MHI has also received an
order for a vessel equipped with the system from Nippon Shipping.
MHI proprietarily developed
the system in response to the strengthening of regulations on ship stability
during navigation in January 2009, based on revisions to the Solas Convention
adopted by IMO in 1974.
MHI is targeting
installation of its newly patented righting moment recovery system on new ships
such as ro-ro, pure car and truck carriers and ferries.
“If the ship's hull is
damaged during navigation, the new system enables prompt conveyance of any
flooded seawater into void spaces in the ship's bottom, thereby reducing
capsizing risk through enhancement of righting momentum by quickly lowering the
ship's center of gravity,” MHI said.
Source : STA, 09.02.12.
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