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Sutulo, S. and Guedes Soares, C. (2016), “Analysis of manoeuvrability criteria and standards in view of environmental factors and EEDI impact”, Maritime Technology and Engineering 3, Guedes Soares, C. & Santos T. A., (Eds.),Taylor & Francis Group, London, UK, pp. 371-383

A rather complete review and analysis of most significant earlier proposals on ship manoeuvring criteria are presented with the emphasis made on comparative significance and interconnection of inherent and environment-dependent criteria. It is demonstrated, mainly by means of plausible reasoning, that, besides possible toughening of the existing IMO standards based on purely inherent criteria for the turning ability and directional stability of ships, the only necessary additional criteria should be associated with the wind action and aerodynamic properties of the above-water part of the hull. A possible rational approach to formulating manoeuvrability criteria accounting for EEDI requirements is presented.

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