Manoeuvring Committee

1. Update the state-of-the-art for predicting the manoeuvring behaviour of ships including high speed and unconventional vessels, emphasizing developments since the 2005 ITTC Conference.

1. Comment on the potential impact of new developments on the ITTC.
2. Emphasize new experimental techniques and extrapolation methods and the practical application of computational methods to manoeuvring prediction and scaling
3. Identify the need for R&D for improving methods of model experiments, numerical modelling and full-scale measurements
   

2. Review ITTC recommended procedures 7.5-02-06-01, 7.5-02-06-02, 7.5-02-06-03 and 7.5-02-05-05.

1. Determine if any changes are needed in the light of current practice.
2. Identify the requirements for new procedures.
3. Support the Specialist Committee on Uncertainty Analysis in reviewing the procedures handling uncertainty analysis.

3. Rewrite the sea trials procedure for manoeuvring 7.5-04-02-01 to make it more self-consistent.

1. Give attention to: IMO requirements, new elements such as high-speed craft, podded propulsors (liaise with the Specialist Committee on Azimuthing Podded Propulsors) and new technologies such as improvements to GPS.
2. Include the limiting environmental conditions for sea trials, and how to correct for non-optimum environmental conditions.

4. Critically review examples of validation of manoeuvring prediction techniques. Identify and specify requirements for new benchmark data.

5. Help to organise the workshop on verification and validation of ship manoeuvring simulation methods. Assist the workshop organisers in the collection of data for validation of ship manoeuvring simulation methods and make this available to ITTC Members.

6. Monitor developments in manoeuvring criteria at IMO and clarify their implications on ITTC.

7. Give support to the Specialist Committee on Azimuthing Podded Propulsion on reviewing methods for the prediction of manoeuvring of ships with podded propulsion and in investigating manoeuvring criteria for them.

8. Continue to review the state of the art for prediction methods and possible criteria for slow speed manoeuvring in shallow and confined water.

9. Investigate the developments on manoeuvring and course keeping in waves. Report on developments in this field, and on how these should be taken into account by the ITTC in the future.