This report of a switchboard fire in a 55,451GRT ‘state of the art’ passenger vessel, built in...
Author - Amit Sharma
What is IMO performance standard for ECDIS?
ECDIS should present the Standard Display at any time by a single operator action. STANDARD...
What is ISM Code and its content?
International Safety Management (ISM) Code means the International Management Code for the Safe...
US Says China to Scrap Some Export Subsidies
China has agreed to scrap export subsidies on a range of products from metals to agriculture and...
What is AIS or Automatic Identification System ?
AIS- Stands for Automatic Identification System Automatic- No human Intervention once the system...
Where Radar antenna be placed / kept onboard?
Siting of a radar antenna needs careful consideration so that a suitable compromise is reached...
Stability – I : Chapter 4
A box-shaped vessel 120m long and 15m wide has alight draft of 4m and load draft of 9.8m in SW...
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...
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 Twilight , its types in detail?
Twilight is the period of incomplete darkness before sunrise and after the sunset. So the morning...