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The Model Test Method. As indicated earlier, in view of the obvious lack of in-depth understanding of the pertinent phenomena governing damage vessel behaviour in extreme sea-going conditions during large scale progressive flooding and uncertainties in the state of knowledge concerning damage survivability, the XxX recommended after some debate an alternative method of ensuring compliance through the “Equivalence” route, the Model Test Method of SOLAS ’95 Resolution 14, [5]. The experimental set-up is depicted in Figure 6 below. The method itself has been subjected over the past two years to rigorous scientific scrutiny by a group of technical experts, known as the Gothenburg Technical Group, and a number of suggestions for improvement were recommended to the Gothenburg Group (the original signatories of the Stockholm Agreement) for a modified Model Test Method for assessing the damage survivability of new passenger/Ro-Ro vessels that could be used for new vessels following agreement initially among the member countries and subsequently within IMO. The adoption of performance-based standards and of first principles approaches to assessing ship safety is undoubtedly of paramount importance. In this respect, the Model test Method will prove invaluable in paving the right way forward. Shallow End Carriage Rail Model Travelling Wave Probe Carriage Fixed Wave Probe Wave Maker Figure 6: The Model Test method – Experimental Set-up