Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) announced a new system that improves the stability of damaged ships, reducing the risk of capsizing. The newly patented system, called the “Righting Moment Recovery System”, was proprietarily developed by MHI in 2009 following the strengthening of SOLAS regulations on ship stability primarily for vessels such as RO/RO ships, pure car and truck carriers (PCTC) and ferries.
If a ship’s hull is damaged, the Righting Moment Recovery System enables the quick transfer of seawater into voided spaces located in the bottom of the ship’s hull, thus reducing the risk capsizing by lowering the ship’s center of gravity while at the same time increasing the vessels righting momentum.
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