SEAM 6

TRIM & LIST

EXAMPLE PROBLEM
TRIM:

A ship 160 m long is floating at drafts of Fwd 9.50m and Aft 10.50m. The centre of flotation is 3.0 m.
aft of amidships. MCT 1 cm.: 300 tons-m. Displacement:8,300 tons. Find the new drafts if a weight of
150 tons already on board is shifted forward a distance of 45 meters.

Trimming Moment Change of trim Change of Draft Aft:

=wxd = Trimming Moment/ MCT 1
= 300 tons x 45 m cm ½ of LBP – LCF
=13500 tons-m (head) = 13500 tons-m/ 300 tons m ------------------- x COT
by 1 cm LBP
=45 cms
80m-3.0m
=------------- x 45 cm
160m

77m
= ---------- x 45 cm
160m

= 21.66 cms or 0.217m

Note: LCF has been subtracted from

½ of LBP considering it was position
aft of the midship. It will be added
to the ½ of LBP if it is positioned
forward of midship. But if LCF is
positioned at midship then LCF is
zero & nor correction required.
Change of draft forward: New Draft:
=CoT- Change of Draft Aft Fwd Aft
= 45 cms- 21.66 cms Original Draft 9.500m 10.500m
= 23.34 cms or 0.233m Change due to Trim (+) 0.233m (-) 0.217m
New Drafts 9.733m 10.283m
New Trim = 10.283-9.733m 0.55m by the stern

Notes:
1. To checked: Original Trim: 1.0m by stern
: New Trim : 0.55m by stern
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Change of trim: 0.45m by stern
2.Change due to trim: added from forward draft hence weight is shift to
forward resulted for increase of draft. While subtracted from forward hence
weight was removed from aft and resulted of reduced of draft aft.
2. Vessel draft is 10m fwd and 10.5m aft. She load 1500 tons 12m aft of the tipping center. If
the TPC is 60 tons/cm and the MTC is 1500 tons-meter, what is her final draft after loading?

1. Change of trim= w x d/ 2. Bodily Sinkage= weight/ Fwd Draft Aft Draft

MTC TPC Initial 10.00m 10.50m
Draft
= 1500 tons x 12m/ 1500 = 1500 tons/60 tons/cm Bodily (+)0.25m (+)0.25m
tons-meter by 1 cm = 25cm Sinkage
= 12cm or 0.12m by head 10. 25m 10.75m
Change of (-) 0.06m (+) 0.06m
trim (1/2
each end)
FINAL 10.19m 10.81m
DRAFT
Notes:
1. To checked: Initial Trim: 0.50m by stern
: Final Trim : 0.62m by stern
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Change of Trim: 0.12m by head

2. Applied Bodily Sinkage since vessel will loading/added weight. Thus, should be added to the initial Draft.
3. ½ of Change of Trim 12cm should be applied both to the fwd and aft draft. It was subtracted from initial fwd
draft and added to initial aft draft since cargo was being loaded at aft of tipping center. Vessel trim by the stern &
aft draft will increased while fwd draft will reduced

LIST:

1.A Vessel with displacement 0f 18000tons, KG:6m, KM:8.50m, loaded 1500tons of cargo at
port side, 4meters from the centerline of a vessel & 11m from the keel.
Find the angle of list of the vessel?
Tan List= w xd / displ x GM
1. FINAL Weight/ Displacement 2. Final List moment: 3. Shift of CoG
=W(disp) + w (weight of added cargo) = w x d GG1= w x d / WF
=18000 tons + 1500 tons =1500tons x 4 m = (1500tons x 5m)/ 19500tons
Wf= 19500 tons = 6000 tons-m (stbd) = 0.385m
Where d= KG of vessel- KG of cargo
d= 6m- 11m
d=5m

4. KM 5. LIST
Initial GM: KM-KG Final List Moment
= 8.50m – 6m Tan LIST= ------------------------
=2.50m Wf x New GM

New GM= Initial GM- GG1 6000 tons-m

= 2.50m - 0.385m = --------------------------
= 2.115m 19500 tons x 2.115m
Note: To find New GM, the shifting of
COG is subtracted from the Initial GM
= 0.1454809965 inv Tan
as COG moves vertically upward due
to added weight = 8.277o or 08 o16.63’ Stbd