Preventing excessive container roll at sea
Hyundai Heavy Industries has received the Approval in Principle (AiP) award for its new software system from Lloyd’s Register. The "Onboard Guidance System" is designed to prevent excessive container roll at sea, which is a risk of significant environmental damage as well as severe financial and human loss.
For Nick Gross, global containership segment director, Lloyd’s Register, it is a "meaningful milestone for preventing container roll at sea." During the approval process, the system was tested in September 2022 as part of a pilot on Eastern Pacific Shipping’s 15,100 teu class containership.
The Onboard Guidance System evaluates the stability of the roll motion of the container ship in operation, which can cause a ship to dangerously roll at extreme angles, sometimes culminating in a vessel capsizing. Container safety remains a key issue that the maritime industry must come together to address. (lh)