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The car carrier mentioned in the article is pictured here: http://www.solasolv.com/news/city.php http://www.solasolv.com/news/city.php Definitely an interestin
by leoedin 10y ago
The car carrier mentioned in the article is pictured here: http://www.solasolv.com/news/city.php http://www.solasolv.com/news/city.php
Definitely an interesting design. In my eyes it looks like it should be unstable - I guess we're naturally inclined to think of curved parts of ships as being the underwater parts.
- krisoft 10y agoThat might be, but it might also be just how car carriers look like. If you do an image search for "roro ship" (roro=roll on/roll off, the official name for them) then you can see that all have huge freeboard. To me they all look unsteady. A particularly nice example is the MV Cougar Ace lying on its side. ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MV_Cougar_Ace#/media/File:Cougar_Ace_on_side_(starboard_side).jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MV_Cougar_Ace#/media/File:Coug... )
- radicalbyte 10y agoIt is indeed how they look. Also, the blue bit is pretty much all under water when the ship is loaded with 2000 tonnes of cars..
- jabl 10y agoEr, no. If so, e.g. the anchor would be underwater when fully loaded. My guess is that the green belt is about the difference between empty and fully loaded.