A box-shaped vessel 120m long and 15m wide has alight draft of 4m and load draft of 9.8m in SW...
Author - Amit Sharma
What are the Master’s standing orders for cargo operations?
Initial ship and ship / shore or ship / ship safety checklist shall be made by chief officer which...
What is the Procedure for Shifting Auto to Emergency Steering...
An emergency steering system, as the name suggests, is a system which is used during the failure of...
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...