JOURNAL OF MARINE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY-TAIWAN, vol.25, no.4, pp.458-463, 2017 (Journal Indexed in SCI)
This paper aims to address long term loads and fatigue damage accumulation for different trading routes relative to North Atlantic operations based on IACS scatter diagram for a 216,000 m(3) LNG carrier. The evaluation is based on direct wave load analysis using WASIM and scatter diagrams created in accordance with DNV Code 30.5 for the following trades: