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Fig. 1.5 Example of hull lines plan of a VLCC

Fig. 1.6 Compartment of a VLCC

naval architectural calculation is a task that evaluates the ship owner’s require-
ments, e.g., required cargo capacity, ship speed, etc., and, at the same time, the
satisfaction of international rules and regulations related to safety and stability of
IMO (International Maritime Organization), such as SOLAS (Safety Of Life
At Sea), ICLL (International Convention on Load Lines), MARPOL (Interna-
tional Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships), International
Convention on Tonnage Measurement of Ships, and so on. Based on the com-
partment design a general arrangement plan is made, as shown in Fig. 1.7.
Third, a hull structure is a frame of the ship that consists of a number of hull
structural parts such as plates, stiffeners, brackets, and so on, as shown in Fig. 1.8. It
is like a skeleton of a human. Hull structural design is a task that determines the
specifications of the hull structural parts such as number, location, size, thickness,
material, and so on. The result of hull structural design is hull structural plans
such as midship section plan, as shown in Fig. 1.9.