Naval Architecture
Marine Solutions Inc.(MSI) offers a wide range of design services. For example :
- Lines
- Subdivision
- Hydrostatics
- Weight estimates (lightship,deadweight,centers of gravity)
- Tank capacities and characteristics
- Stability analysis (intact & damage)
- Ballasting
- Trim and Stability Booklets
- Inclining Tests
- Drydock stability calculations (USCG MLCA 99710)
- Hull structural design by classification society "Rules", classical analysis, and finite element analysis (FEA)
- Longitudinal hull girder strength
- Vessel loading calculations
- Machinery foundations
- Thirty (30) year tank barge strength analysis (46 CFR 31.10-21.a)
- Allowable deck loads
- Barge to barge structural connections for permanently moored, multi-hull arrangements.
- Aluminium hull design.
- Sub-Chapter "O" Calculations (46 CFR, Bulk Dangerous Cargoes)
- Admeasurement tonnage (46 CFR, Sub Chapter 69), Cargo loading analysis.
- Wind, current, wave load estimates.
- Operation Manuals
- Feasibility Studies
- Accident/Spill incident vessel stability and strength calculations
Marine Engineering
- Piping system design (cargo transfer, cargo heating (hot oil/steam), fuel, bilge, ballast, fire, etc.)
- Machinery Arrangements
- Propulsion
- Steering
- Paint and surface preparation specifications
- Independent Tanks
- Vapor control system (pressure drop) calculations (46 CFR 39)
- Deck/Mooring fitting design and analysis
- Access ramp design and analysis
- Helicopter Deck
