The notion of "goal-based ship contruction standards" was introduced in IMO at the eighty-ninth session of the council in November 2002 through a proposal by the Bahamas and Greece (C 89/12/1), suggesting that IMO should play a large role in determining the standards to which new ships are built, traditionally the responsibility of classification societies and shipyards.
This textbook covers the theoretical, fundamental aspects of naval architecture for students preparing for the Class 2 and Class 1 Marine Engineer Officerexams. It introduces the basic foundation themes within naval architecture, (hydrostatics, stability, resistance and powering), using worked examples to show how solutions should be presented for an exam. The topics are ordered in a manner of …