BV focuses on container ship springing

Bureau Veritas has introduced a new family of additional class notations, WhiSp, that give special attention to whipping and springing of container ships. Since the vessel’s natural frequency decreases with size and the wave encounter frequency increases with speed, large and fast container ships run the risk of encountering resonant ...

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