Abstract
This chapter is designed to discuss the preliminary capacities for a new ship. It is usual when dealing with ship capacities to consider: molded capacity, grain capacity, bale capacity, and insulated volume. Molded capacity is the internal volume of a compartment, without taking into account stiffeners, frames, brackets, beams, and girders. Grain capacity is the molded capacity minus the volume taken up by the stiffeners, frames, brackets, beams, and girders. Bale capacity is the volume measured to the inside of frames, to the underside of beams and to the top of the tank top ceiling. Insulated volume is a volume that takes into account the insulation built into a compartment. It is usually fitted on reefer ships. Thickness of insulation can range from being 200 to 350 mm. This chapter illustrates the aforementioned concepts using various examples.
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