Essential Ship Plans for Operations and Emergencies

This course provides students with a practical and easy-to-understand understanding of various ship plans and their applications in ship operations. It explains how plans such as the General Arrangement Plan, Capacity Plan, Loading Manual, Stability Information, Tank Plan, Shell Expansion Plan, Docking Plan, Damage Control Plan and Structural Plans are used during cargo loading/discharging, dry-docking, grounding, damage assessment and preparation of repair specifications. The course focuses on helping maritime students understand which plan to refer to, what information it provides, and how that information is applied in real-life shipboard operations and emergencies.