WINDLASS JIP - a better grip on high windage vessels
AuthorsHenk van den Boom
Conference/JournalMARIN Report 127
Date13 sep. 2019
Reading time3 minutes
Container ships, cruise vessels and LNG carriers feature increasingly large windage and have to navigate into ports through waterways and locks, and finally berth safely at terminals which are exposed to severe wind. Recent incidents indicate that limiting wind conditions are reached earlier than in the past. On May 22 the WINDLASS Joint Industry Project was launched.