Bohai Bay Car And Passenger Ro-ro Ship Demonstration Program

The subject of this article is the study of evaluation of passenger/vessel ferry schemes across Bohai Gulf. It introduced the development survey of passenger/vessel ferry transport, analyzed the characteristics of performance and key of design of new type passenger/vessel ferry, and on the base of having collected a vast amount of data of existing ferries, emphasized on how to determine the main dimensions at preliminary stage of design. The following is the work accomplished in this article.1) Established estimation models of main dimensions of such ferry, which was testified by examples to be effectual at preliminary stage of design.2) Established calculation models of main performances of such ferry, including estimation of the power of main machinery, forecast of stability and calculation of traverse sway.3) In accordance with the present situation of passenger/vessel ferry transport across Bohai Gulf, evaluated four passenger/vessel ferry schemes between Dalian and Yantai on the base of the models above.4) Inquired into the measures of security of passenger/vessel ferry transport.The general design of ship is a complicated system project, which involves the determination of main dimensions, the selection of main machinery, the design of lines, the -general arrangement, the calculation of performances and economical analysis. This article is far from perfect due to my poor knowledge, and the conclusions accomplished should be tested in future work.