Loadicator complies with the testing and carriage requirements.

https://www.myseatime.com/blog/detail/compliance-with-loadicator-testing-and-its-records
https://www.myseatime.com/blog/detail/5-loadicator-tricks-that-can-ease-your-life-during-cargo-operation
https://www.myseatime.com/blog/detail/5-loadicator-tricks-that-can-ease-your-life-during-cargo-operation

How to load cargo of loadicator not working

Loadicator fails, the Cargo plan will be the first point of reference to ensure you are loading within safe parameters.
The vessel's drafts and the cargo tank soundings will indicate to you that whether you are following the cargo plan.
And since you have calculated parameters like drafts, Stresses & GM, you will know that you are within the safe
parameters zone. 
Also, it is very important to install the Lodicator software on another PC.
Lastly, the Stability booklet has form for quick calculation of the basic parameters. Locate this form and make a
photocopy of it and display it in the CCR with the procedure. Main priority for mate is accurate loading of cargo as
per the BL/ Charterer's instructions while ensuring the Drafts/GM/Stresses are within safe zone parameters. 

This section contains summary of selected loading conditions with intact stability and longitudinal strength.
Regarding Ballast Operations During Voyage, Intermediate Conditions, please note Summary Sheets in between the
relevant Loading Conditions

How do you load a container vessel if your Lodicator is not working while keeping all lashing forces, SF, BM, and TM
stresses within the limits?
Yes, in all the new ‘loading and stability manuals’, required information and procedure are provided in order to
calculate SF and BM values at selected stations, normally the bulkheads. The ship’s officers have to only feed the
cargo, ballast, FW and bunker information in the locations provided.
https://captsschaudhari.com/2020/06/14/qa-set-6-the-bulk-carrier-operations/

There is no practical way that we can calculate SF & BM onboard ships. We learn to calculate SF & BM for a box
shaped vessel to get an understanding of how SF and BM are calculated. But the manual calculation of SF & BM for
an actual vessel is very very difficult if not impossible. We need a software (Loadicator) to calculate that.
Loadicator is the digital application of the vessel’s stability manual

Use of Loadicator
Cargo on board
Loadable quantity?
planning the loading sequence
calculate trims, drafts
calculate stability.
calculate Shear forces (SF) & bending moments (BM), TM. (Longitudinal strength)
Planning and controlling cargo and ballasting operations.
Rapidly calculating SWSF and SWBM for any load condition.
Identifying the imposed structural limits which are not to be exceeded.

planning the loading sequence, calculation of intact &damage stability and longitudinal strength of any type of ship.
designed to function in both online and offline mode. It can directly receive the tank’s volumes and specific gravity
via level sensors in the online mode and automatically compute the stability, longitudinal strength etc.
http://www.zebecmarine.com/zebec-loadmaster.asp

Carriage requirements
Bulk carriers are governed by SOLAS chapter XII, regulation 11.
Oil tanker/Gas Tanker/Chemical Tanker should be fitted at the first renewal survey on 2016 but no later than 2021.
(MARPOL)
MARPOL, IBC, BCH, IGC, GC
Classification societies require all tankers of more than 100 meters to have type approved loading instrument.
This system is compliant with IACS URL5 (Unified Requirement for "Onboard Computers for Stability Calculations")
and 2008 IS Code.
No statutory requirement for other ships.

What information fed to the Loadicator?

Cargo, FO/FW, Ballast, Constant
Ocean or sea, specific gravity
Max displacement, max draft

Stowage Factor
Constant (if any changes in the constant)

What information get from the Loadicator?

Allowable mass of cargo
Draft, trim and heel
Longitudinal strength (BM/SF/TM)
Intact stability (General)
Intact stability (Weather)
Air draft
Damage stability
Visibility
Grain stability
L.S. at flooding

Documents requirement
Class certificate for loadicator
Class approved loadicator test conditions
Class approved Loadicator Manual

Testing requirements
Testing by ship staff: Testing to be done at regular interval as per SMS of the vessel (normally every 3 months) for its
accuracy.
Annual testing in presence of Class: During annual class surveys, loadicator need to be tested for its accuracy in
presence of a class surveyor.
https://zdocs.pub/doc/load-icator-d6wnem44q568
How you check your loadicator properly work? How do you make sure that the loadicator is up to date?
How do you carry out a loadicator test?
The test procedure includes choosing a test condition from the approved test conditions, entering the exact same
data manually in the loadicator and comparing the results with the approved test conditions.
https://owaysonline.com/loadicator/

Refer approved test results from the class (Loadmaster/Lloyds)

Open a blank load plan
Input same values of (cargo density and weights, ballast weights, bunker density and weights)
Finally compare main stability values of approved test conditions.

By using test condition as per makers instructions and flag requirements

During loading you found that the drafts in loadicator and actual drafts are different. What will be the reason?
Lightship weight, constant changed

What is constant.
The ship constant is the difference between light ship displacement and a vessel's design lightship weight
light ship displacement = light ship weight + light ship constant.

Normally this includes water in a Ship's s Boiler, lube oil in the engines, spare parts, non-consumables plus
provisions, the crew and their belongings.
Crew and their effects, Store, Spare, Provisions, Oil and water in ER, LO in ER, System oil, Cooling water tank, Others

How you calculate the constant of the vessel?

Drafts on this loadicator shows 10 cms less on aft and 20 cms more on forward?
First you need to enter all known weights such as cargo, bunkers, ballast, lube oil, fresh water etc. in the loadicator.
Make the constants zero in the loadicator.
Then go to constants calculation section of the loadicator and enter actual drafts (six drafts obtained visually)
Enter the seawater density.
Click on calculate constants.
Loadicator calculates weight as well as location (LCG and VCG) of constants you should enter in the loadicator.
No more errors in the loadicator drafts, what you get on loadicator is what you will have in actual.
https://zdocs.pub/doc/load-icator-d6wnem44q568
On arrival draft survey carried out and displacement obtained
Weights onboard such as cargo, bunkers, ballast, lube oil, fresh water etc. & light ship are subtracted
The remaining figure gives us the ship’s constant

Loading on going duty officer report that calculated and estimated draft are different in some stage of loading, what
is your action?
Check the constant has correctly input (weight, KG, LCG)
Check loading rate as per the loading plan
Check ballast/FO, confirm any FO transfer done
ship's approved loading manual is an essential onboard documentation for the planning of cargo stowage.
It is important to note that the loading instrument is not a substitute for the ship's loading manual. Therefore, the
officer in charge should also refer to the loading manual when planning or controlling cargo operations.
How to make a stowage plan?
Shore-based experts prepare the plan in accordance with the cargo hold dimensions. This stowage is then sent to
vessel and vessel is asked whether the plan seems acceptable. The ship’s Chief Officer then feeds the stowage plan
into the loadicator and checks whether the drafts, stress, trim, stability etc are acceptable at all stages of voyage.
What is Stowage plan & its content?
What is the Stowage factor?
Is the volume taken by one tonne
What are the consequences, if the stowage factor is incorrect while loading? (He sends me out for 2 times to find
the answer)
If the cargo fills the cargo compartment despite careful trimming and stowage, but the vessel does not reach the
expected draught, the SF is obviously greater than that stated (warranted) by the Charterer. The shipowner can
claim deadfreight from the Charterer because of a possible loss of freight based on tonnage loaded. The deadfreight
would be similar to damages or compensation for “misrepresentation” by the Charterer.
http://shipinspection.eu/stowage-factor-warranty/

2. How to prepare stowage plan of 1800TEU vessel. 3-4 ports of discharge?

Get all information regarding containers. Refer SMS, Charter party, Voyage instructions.
Make sure all required certificates, Documents, instruments and Appliances are available.
Use of loadicator (alarms settings, updates, setting up)
Segregation of cargoes (POD, size, type of cargo, weights and any special requirements)
Plan to eliminate or minimize re-stows.
Consider about - stack weights, load density, DG segregation, Reefer power sockets locations, height of stacks (in
relation to visibility criteria, closing of hatch covers, lashing materials and height of gantry cranes in discharging
ports),
stability criteria, Draft restrictions, etc.
10-feet, 20-feet, or 40-feet long, each at around 8 feet wide. standard height (8 feet 6 inches) and "high cube" (9
feet 6 inches),

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vATT7a2H8Nk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4rXwsoKugjQ

For how many stages do you calculate the stability?

Initial, intermediate and final
For each and every leg of the voyage and the final port

What is Un-pump able ballast? Why did you deduct it?

How to manually calculate shearing forces and bending moments on board?

Information on maximum allowable stresses at designated frames of the vessel is provided in the vessels loading
manual, and these maximum values must never be exceeded.
Reference to calculate stability booklet.
Loading manual is used to calculate Longitudinal strengths manually.

 Find out the load distribution of the Ship along its length.
 Integrate the load distribution along the ship’s length to get the SF distribution.
Area under load curve gives the SF curve. SF in a particular point is the area below load curve up to that point.
 Integrate the SF distribution along the ship’s length to get the BM
Area under SF cure gives the BM curve. BM in a particular point is the area below SF curve up to that point.

https://thenavalarch.com/longitudinal-strength-ships-introduction/

What is sheer force and bending force?

 SF - shearing forces are unaligned forces pushing one part of a body in one specific direction, and another part of
the body in the opposite direction.
When two external parallel forces act in opposite directions on any part of a structure to break it apar or shear it.
 BM - The result of vertical forces acting on a ship as a result of local differences between weight and buoyancy. Sum
of all moments that try to alter the beam’s shape. The longitudinal deflections will be experienced by the hull;
they are caused by the uneven weight and buoyance distribution along the hull length.
 TM - Torsion is the twisting of a beam under the action of a torque (twisting moment)
SF: Left side of the point SF downward will be positive
BM: Clockwise moments to the left will be positive

8) You are supposed to go on a 20 days passage to the discharging port which has 12.5m draft restriction. Assuming
that no load line zone change, how to find the loadable quantity?
1. How do you find loadable quantity? (Explain using Displacement
2. You have draft restriction 18Days after departure from loading port. How do you find the loadable quantity?
3. What is Un-pump able ballast? Why did you deduct it?
2. Tell me how do you find loadable quantity on a Gas tanker? (Examiner expected by Using loading computer)
5. You have Draft restriction in Colombo, how do you prepare to pass that point even keel?

How to find the maximum loadable quantity?

1. You have to load wheat 50000 +- 5% from port A to B. what is maximum loadable quantity?
47,500 – 52,500

3. You have to go from A to B. No Loadicator. How you find loadable quantity? (Displacement 12000t)
A4
4. A to B passage 20 days. Discharging port draft restriction 12.5m. You have to go in 12m even keel condition. How
you find loadable quantity? (Start from port B for loading in loadicator)
A4
He advised me to explain loadable quantity using drawing of last attempt?

How do you calculate loadable quantity for next cargo?

(I have answered in same load line zone, without any bunker port or draft restrictions and by using Loadicator)

Manual vs Loadicator
how you fined maximum loadable quantity. (Manual calculation)

How do you load the cargo after calculating loadable quantity?

deadweight ship 128 000 t, 7 hatch bulk carrier, charter requirements 65 000 (+-) 10 %, ships maximum draft 13 m
Loading summer load line, sail for 15 days discharging port winter zone, draft restriction 12 m how you find the
maximum loadable quantity (loadicator method)

12.5m draft restriction, No load line zone change, Master gives instruction Coal cargo, 10 days passage for draft
restriction port. Find maximum loadable quantity for 12m draft at draft restriction port?
1. You have 3 commodities to load (Steel coil, Steel bars & wooden boxes) with vessel having T/D, No draft
restriction and loading in summer zone. How to find maximum loadable quantity?
2. Vessel expected to load 50000 Mt of cargo (Didn’t specify the cargo) in summer zone (draft 13.5 m). 15 days
passage to discharge port which has 12.5 m draft restriction and port locate in summer zone. How to find the
maximum loadable quantity?
8.You on a bulk carrier 15 days passage to the discharging port which has 12.5m draft restriction. Assuming that no
load line zone change, how to find the loadable quantity?
How do you calculate the loadable quantity with loadicator when there is a 12.5m draft restriction at the arrival
port.
How do you calculate loadable quantity when you have a 12.5 m draft along the way.
You are sailing on a bulk carrier and your summer draft is 12.5m, you have 10 days passage and at arrival at
discharge port there is a draft restriction of 11.8m. How to find maximum loadable quantity?
You are loading on a summer zone port, after 15 days passage you will enter into winter zone, charters required to
bunker 500t after few days sailing in winter zone. How to find maximum loadable quantity?
You have draft restriction of 12.5 m at arrival port, how do you calculate loadable quantity (Take the fuel
consumption and different between displacements- If consumption is higher than the displacement different at the
point of Draft restrictions vessel can pass it and loadable quantity will the departure port quantity)
1. How do you find loadable quantity? (Explain using Displacement)
How you find loadable quantity?
2. You have draft restriction 18Days after departure from loading port. How do you find the loadable quantity?
2. Tell me how do you find loadable quantity on a Gas tanker? (Examiner expected by Using loading computer)
8.Your on a bulk carrier 15 days passage to the discharging port which has 12.5m draft restriction. Assuming that no
load line zone change , how to find the loadable quantity?
8) You are supposed to go on a 20 days passage to the discharging port which has 12.5m draft restriction. Assuming
that no load line zone change, how to find the loadable quantity?
What Are the factors consider when calculate loadable quantity? Given route from South Africa to Northern
Hemisphere China.
Same vessel arriving port having 12.0 m draft restriction how you find maximum cargo amount to load for safe
passing?
How you bring your vessel to 12.0 m draft in even keel condition on arrival port?

Capacity plan and deadweight scale

The deadweight (Dwt) scale provides a method for estimating the additional draft or for determining the extra load
that could be taken onboard when a vessel is being loaded in water of density less than that of salt water.

https://www.funnel2tunnel.com/capacity-plan-and-deadweight-scale/