Manoeuvring characteristics of different types of ships

Pojam manevriranja brodom podrazumijeva vještinu upravljanja brodom prilikom pristajanja uz obalu ili gat, prilikom veza u četverovez i plutaču, prilikom sidrenja i u posebnim slučajevima kao što su manevri prilikom tegljenja, spašavanja, nasukavanja, prodora vode, požara i dr. Da bi se manevar dobro izveo, potrebno je poznavati čimbenike koji utječu na njegovu uspješnost. Međutim, zapovjednik također mora poznavati vrstu, tip i veličinu broda jer manevarska svojstva i specifičnosti bitno se razlikuju na raznim vrstama brodova.The term of maneuvering ship implies ship handling skills of steering the vessel when docking along the shore or a pier, while connecting to the fourberths and buoy, while anchoring and in a special cases such as maneuvers while towing, rescue, stranding, intrusion of water, fire and etc. In order to execute good maneuver, it is necessary to know factors that affect its performance. However, captain have also need to be well introduced with class, type and size of the ship because maneuver properties and specificities are significantly different on various types of ships