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Why rice and grain cargo can capsize ships, angle of repose, stability loss, and the rules that prevent it

Grain cargos like rice can shift suddenly at sea, altering a ship’s center of gravity and pushing it toward capsize. This breakdown explains angle of repose, reserve stability requirements, and the ...
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Ship Stability and Flooding Dynamics

Ship stability and flooding dynamics are critical areas in contemporary naval architecture and marine safety research. This field examines how vessels respond to damage and the subsequent ingress, ...
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Loss of ship's power and stiff current may have led to bridge collision, experts say

Details are still scant on what might have caused a giant container ship to collide with Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge early Tuesday, sending the span crashing into the water. While authorities ...
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Loss of ship’s power and stiff current may have led to bridge collision, experts say

Details are still scant on what might have caused a giant container ship to collide with Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge early Tuesday, sending the span crashing into the water. While authorities ...