An emergency steering system, as the name suggests, is a system which is used during the failure of...
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What is Flow-through Method of ballast water exchange and...
The flow-through method involves pumping replacement ballast water into the bottom of a full...
Stability – I : Chapter 5
A ship of 16000t displacement and TPC is 20 floating in SW at a draft of 8.0m . Find her draft in...
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...
What is ECDIS or Electronic Chart Display Information System and...
E = Electronic C = Chart D = Display and I = Information S = System The definition of an ECDIS and...
What is Sequential Method of ballast water exchange and factors...
The sequential method entails completely emptying ballast tanks of the coastal waters and refilling...
What is Dry type deck seal on tanker and method to prevent back...
The dry type deck water seal has an upper reservoir (drop tank) and a lower reservoir (sealing...
What is maintenance requirements of LSA equipments as per SOLAS?
Weekly inspection The following tests and inspections shall be carried out weekly and a report of...
Beijing warns US not to get into South China Sea dispute
China warned the United States to stay out of the South China Sea dispute after Beijing was again...
List of all Certificates, Documents or Plans are required on...
The Facilitation Committee, at its nineteenth session, developed a list of certificates and...