A very familiar unit in bow sections of almost all seagoing cargo ships and vessels with fuller forms is –The Bulbous Bow. This staple of ship designs today was said to have been discovered rather than being invented. Military towing tests in the USA showed … See more

While an axe does its job, cutting wood, or maybe something as obvious, the ship bow bearing resemblance to it has its own characteristic features. This design usually has a vertical stem line coupled with a long, deep and narrow fore portion of the hull, somewhat like … See more

Sometimes designers consider designing vessels with ‘blunt’ stems as opposed to the sharp nature of the bow section. Here is the Parabolic Bow, … See more

How about a design where your ship’s bow and almost a greater part of the hull appears upside down in comparison to a normal round bilge hull or any of the hull shapes you generally see on ships? The inverted bow is a success story among the revival of … See more