The Court concludes that mechanical, pneumatic, electrical or hydrostatic draught gauges or indicators should be a requirement for Ro/Ro passenger ferries, using types specifically investigated and approved by the Department. These gauges or indicators should be fitted to give readout at the aft and forward loading positions and on the bridge. Desirably they should indicate the aft and forward draughts and the midships draught. The latter should not be a mean of the fore and aft draughts but should be a mean of sensors, port and starboard, giving a true draught at the loadline mark. Draught gauges or indicators should, if possible, be suitable for interfacing with a loadicator so that if weight information for vehicles is fed into the loadicator a running automatic up-date of the ship’s condition could be produced. It is recommended that the loadicator be in a suitable central position with, if possible, work stations at the two loading stations and on the bridge.