AIS- Stands for Automatic Identification System Automatic- No human Intervention once the system...
Author - Amit Sharma
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...
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 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...
What is VDR OR Voyage data recorder ? What data items must be...
Voyage data recorder, or VDR, sometimes also called Black box of the ship is a data...
What is flame arrester on board ,its construction and purpose in...
A flame arrester is a device fitted to the opening of an enclosure or to the connecting pipe work...