A book âSeaworthiness of Transport Shipsâ by Doctor of Science Mikhail Kuteynikov â Head of the RS Hull Department â has been published in St. Petersburg, Russia. The book covers issues of seaworthiness and strength standards of sea-going ships, provides an analysis and systematisation of the leading classification societies requirements for setting ships operational restrictions. It also provides a methodology to assign the criteria admissible values, test calculations results, model and field tests results, methods of drawing complex charts, a constellation of which is a framework to guide a navigator through the safe modes of ship's operation. According to M.
