The student understands the fundamentals of ship stability and is able to apply them in practice.
The student knows the national and international requirements with reference to ship stability. The student knows static and dynamic stability, stability criteria for different vessel types and is able to perform an inclining test. The student knows how to perform stability calculations in order to determine whether the vessel fulfils the national and international re-quirements concerning ship stability. The student is able to read hydrostatic tables and curves, dead weight scale. The stu-dent knows how to perform trim calculations.