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Ship Squat Effect - Maritime Shorts

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Ship squat effect is the decrease in under keel clearance of the ship because of a ship moving in shallow water. There are 3 main factors that affect Squat - Speed of the ship Block coefficient Blockage factor of the canal Squat must be taken into consideration when calculating the under keel clearance of the vessel.