Marpol Annex VI – Air Pollution
The burning of any fuel onboard ship, creates exhaust gases or emissions and most of these have an effect on…
Month: April 2021
Oil Record Book Part I
Purpose Every oil tanker of 150 gross tonnage and above Every ship of 400 gross tonnage and above other than…
Marpol Annex III
Harmful substances in packaged form are transported in freight containers, portable tanks or road and rail tank wagons, etc Hazards…
GMDSS Equipment’s – LSA
Distress is the most serious form of emergency and means that a vessel, aircraft, person or the environment is in…
Anchoring procedures enhanced
There have been a significant number of groundings, collisions and near miss incidents caused as a result of maneuvering in…
Course Recorder
It records the Gyro course steered by the vessel continuously against a time scale. The record is considered as useful…
Automatic Identification System
AIS is a system that transmits vessel position, course and speed via a VHF radio channel to all ships within…
Autopilot
When a ship has to steer a single course for a long time it would be tiresome for the helmsman…
Heaving up anchor
Avoiding damage to the anchor system If the paid out length of the chain has to be adjusted, or when…
Purpose of Annex V
Annex V prevention of pollution by garbage from ships (entered into force 31 December 1988) Revised annex V entered into…