Working Group 22 was set up by Permanent Technical Committee II (PTC 11) in March 1991.
Good progress was made until 1993 when, due to the economic recession,there was no available time to enable the work to be progressed. Drafting of the report was recommenced in January 1995.
The report gives practical guidelines on design methods, in a simplified form for everyday use in a commercial office. The results are based on reasonable approximations, bearing in mind that only rarely can a berth be designed for a specific ship with known characteristics.
The guidelines for design are based on the published work of many researchers and, wherever possible, sources have been referenced throughout the text. The Working Group apologises for any inadvertent omissions.
