Exercise 1

(Combined list & trim)

1. A ship of W 15,000 t, KM 9 m, KG 8 m, MCTC 200 tm, is listed
6° to port and trimmed 3 m by the stern. What oil transfer must take
place between Nos: 3 P & S and Nos: 8 P & S to bring the V/L upright
& trimmed 2 m by the stern? The COG of the tanks are transversely 10
m apart and longitudinally, 100 m.
(Neglect free surface correction).
Answer: 157.70 t to stbd, 200 t fwd.

2. A tanker of W 50,000 t, MCTC 650 tm, KM 11 m, KG 10.1 m,

listed 7° to port and trimmed 5 m by the stern. Find the transfer of oil
that must take place between Nos: 10 P & S and Nos: 2 P & S to bring
the ship upright and trimmed 3 m by the stern. The COG of the tanks
are transversely 14 m apart & longitudinally 140 m apart. (Neglect
FSC).
Answer: 394.7 t to stbd, 928.6 t fwd.

3. M.V. VIJAY is upright in SW drawing 5.6 m fwd & 6.8 m aft.

KG 7.16 m. Find how much oil transfer must take place between Nos:
2 P & S and Nos: 7 P & S, in order to list the ship 5° to port and bring
it on an even keel. The COG of the tanks are transversely 10 m apart
and longitudinally, 90 m.
(Neglect free surface correction).
Answer: 112.3 t to port, 232.7 t fwd.

4. M.V. VICTORY is in DW RD 1.009, drawing 13.6 m fwd & 12.6 m

aft. KG 12.647 m. The ship is listed 8º to starboard. Find the oil
transfer to be made between the following tanks to bring the ship
upright and trimmed 0.5 m by the stern: Nos: 2 P & S (HG 61 m fwd)
& Nos: 5 P & S (HG 59 m aft). The COG of each tank is 16 m off the
centre line.
(Neglect free surface correction).
Answer: 198.9 t to port, 1430.30 t aft.

5. M.V. VIJAY is in DW, RD 1.017, drawing 7 m fwd & 6 m aft,

listing 5° to port. KG is 7.4 m. How much FW must be transferred
between the peak tanks (COG 132 m apart) and HFO between Nos: 2
P and S (COG 10 m apart) to bring the ship upright and trimmed one
metre by the stern? (Ignore FSC)
Answer: 82.60 t to stbd, 266.6 t fwd.
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