A harmonized system of survey and certification covering international shipping regulations adopted...
Author - Amit Sharma
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...
What is bilge pumping arrangements for Passenger ships and cargo...
As per SOLAS chapter chapter II-1 , regulation 21 1.1 An efficient bilge pumping system shall be...
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 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...