Design Ballast Water Planning Simulator in Container Ship

Abstract

This research aims to design ballast web-based water simulators for container ships. This study conducted research and development (R&D) utilizing a modified Four-D model. The simulator design is divided into four stages: define, design, create, and disseminate, with the software eventually being utilized as a web-based ballast water simulator on a container ship. This study found that the development of the simulator is crucial due to the impact of ballast water on the maritime environment and the regulations surrounding ballast water management. The simulator will aid in planning cargo loading and unloading to ensure stability under external and internal forces and comply with the Ballast Water Management Convention. This study concluded that the simulator design could display the ship data, ballast water filling planning, ship stability calculations, displacement, and GM (metacentric height or metacentric height).