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Accident-ICMEAS Paper 110
Accident-ICMEAS Paper 110
Sohanur Rahman
M.Sc. Student, Department of Naval Architecture &
Marine Engineering, BUET, Dhaka-1000, Bangladesh.
Collision:
the majority of vessels plying the rivers do not have fitness
certificates or route permits.
During the monsoon, the width of the waterways increases to
several kilometers but navigable channel is still generally
narrow, shallow and meandering.
Passenger vessel operators have no proper knowledge on
Convention on the International Regulations for Preventing
Collisions at Sea (COLREG) and training on the rules and
regulation involved in navigating the passenger vessels,
especially during night time journeys.
Overloading:
The passenger vessel owners, in their quest for maximum profit,
tend to overload by doubling or tripling the actual carrying
capacity of their vessels which causes the vessel unstable.
A safe design of the vessel is prerequisite for the stability of the
vessel.
If an vessel inclines up to a certain angle (angle of vanishing
stability), then it will not to be able to return of its upright
condition thus it will incline more and losses its stability and
become capsize.
Inclement weather:
In case of inclement weather, strong wind creates pressure on
lateral area of superstructure or lateral area of the vessel exposed
to the weather, which tends to incline the vessel.
As per weather criterion of the Inland Shipping Stability rules,
2001 of Bangladesh maximum allowable wind pressure is equal
to 0.0322 t/m2.
As per inland shipping stability rules, 2001 passenger vessels are
not allowed to ply at a wind speed more than 10m/s.
Bottom damage:
Most vessels in Bangladesh do not follow common structural
rules when building new vessels.
Most vessels do not have preliminary longitudinal strength
calculation. So, they do not meet minimum still water bending
moment (Hogging/ Sagging) and minimum hull section modulus
which causes bottom rapture.