According to LSA Code, Chapter V, Reg. 5.1 The rescue boat must comply with the following requirements: Rescue boats may be either of rigid or inflated construction or a combination of both and shall: be not less than 3.8 m and...
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Bunker Disputes – The “Cappuccino Effect”
Introduction The vessel, a bulk carrier, arrived in Singapore and began to bunker 900 tons of high sulphur fuel oil. The crew was alerted to the fact that something was wrong by the rattling of the float valves situated inside...
Passenger Vessel Switchboard Fire
This report of a switchboard fire in a 55,451GRT ‘state of the art’ passenger vessel, built in...
Collision between a container ship and a linkspan
This report of a collision between a 94483 gross tonne container vessel and a link span highlights...
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What are checks carried out prior to arrival on port ?
SHIPS’S NAME : PORT : YES / No/ NA 1 Notice Given To Engine Room 2 Position of Essential Systems tests and SBE marked on chart (where applicable) 3 Parallel Indexing / mapping on the radar and charts as per...
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China Vs Freedom of Navigation in South China Sea
Freedom of navigation is one of the oldest and most recognized principles in the legal regime governing ocean space.The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (hereinafter “the Convention”) makes ample reference to the...
ECDIS- On the Way to Cost Savings and Safer Navigation
With the introduction of the amendments to SOLAS regulation V/19 making the carriage of Electronic Chart Display and Information Systems (ECDIS) under SOLAS chapter V Safety of Navigation mandatory, as proposed by NAV 54, the BIG...
What is meaning of WGS 84 or World Geodetic System 84 ?
World Geodetic System (WGS). GPS receivers operate on the World Geodetic System (WGS) global geocentric reference system, or datum. It is global because, unlike other datums that only apply to certain regions, WGS can be used...