This course contains practical and theory sections including:

- familiarization of the participants with the concept of the whole operation of a draught survey;
- Comprehend the concepts of hydrostatics, buoyancy, and Archimedes’ principle, Areas and Volumes;
- Comprehend static equilibrium of a floating vessel and the relationship of the centers of gravity and buoyancy to righting arms and stability;
- Comprehend and identify positive, negative and neutral conditions of stability;
- Know how ship’s stability curves are derived and comprehend their use in determining stability condition;
- Enhance skills and knowledge in practice calculation by hand and program, Draft readings and Density;
- Ballast calculations commence and complete of cargo operation;
- Effect of “CONST” for corrected of cargo calculation;
- Specific questions could be arisen during cargo operations. Laws and Regulations.
Course overview:
This course is designed for deck officers to achieve overall safety in the entire different vessel’s cargo operation. It includes awareness and familiarization on the principles of draught survey of the vessels and its operation. Accuracy of calculation different kind of bulk cargoes for dry cargo vessels.