Naval Architecture

When the draft or water level is different or variable throughout the vessel’s length, the vessel is said to be trimmed. Read along to know everything about ship trim.

Transverse members include beams, transverse girders, floors, and frames. Frames are the combination of members connected along the girth of a hull and transversely stiffen the outer shell plating as a whole.

A ship structure is complex webwork of various items and entities made up of different steel breeds, all of which have their importance. Let us look into some essential terms associated with ship construction or crucial aspects of the vessel’s structure.

The draft or draught is nothing but the linear measure of the amount of sinkage or submergence of the hull in the water. Read this article to know everything about the draft lines of a vessel.

Embarkation ladders are foldable ladders that hang from the main or exposed deck along the hull side and enable people to embark and disembark to and from the vessel. Read this article to know more.

The stern relates to the section or the structural area aftmost in terms of the overall length of the ship. In simple terms, it is more of what you can see when you stand right behind a vessel and look ahead. Read this article to know more about a ship’s stern.

Drydocking is an important activity pertaining to a vessel’s regular inspection, repair and maintenance work. The bottom plugs of a vessel, also called dock plugs, play an important role in this regard. So what are dock plugs? Read the article to find out.

The Seakeeping ability, also known as seaworthiness is thus a yardstick to estimate the vessel’s behavioural efficacy during sea conditions underway its voyage. Let’s understand seakeeping in detail inside the article.

Every marine vessel has a specific hull suited for that particular ship or boat. Over centuries, different kinds of crafts were constructed, leading to the evolution of different hull designs and types. Check out the different ship-hull types and vessel hulls in this article.