The report shall be twofold useful: on the one hand, as a reference on the state of the art in approaches to perform ship handling simulation studies for design checking, including proof of safety and ease of trafficability. Second the report shall serve as an introductory handbook to all professionals dealing with waterway checking but with low or even none experience with ship handling simulation.
Therefore, the report is structured following step by step the established workflow when preparing and performing a ship handling simulation for water way investigation. Each step is clearly and thoroughly explained and amended by well-proven guidance on best-practice.
The authors hope the report will prove beneficial to the readers and last a decade at least as a reference for application of ship handling simulation as a tool in water way, approach channel and harbour design.
