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Control of discharge of oil from machinery spaces Any discharge into the sea of oil or oily mixtures from ships of 400 gross tonnage and above shall be prohibited except when all the following conditions are satisfied: Outside special areas Inside special areas In respect of the Antarctic area, any discharge into the sea of…
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The advent of containerisation has led to a great many changes in the role of the carrier of goods by sea. In the past, the ship owner or operator was traditionally involved only in the transportation of goods between two ports. Thus with containerisation the documentation used has also had to be modified to care…
Many of us are quite scared of solving the tide problems especially calculations involving Secondary Ports Lets first handle calculation of tide at Standard Ports 1.Find height of tide at Bombay at 1200 hrs on 15th Aug 1999 Bombay 15th August 1999 TIDE TIME HEIGHT HW 0212 4.0 LW 0720 1.0 HW 1438 4.4 LW…
Star finder ? How to use it? Star finder is used to choose suitable stars for celestial observations and for identifying stars. Criteria for choosing the stars should be as follows For identifying stars just get the azimuth of star and calculate LHA aries and latitude is known so use suitable template and put the…
Types of Bulk Cargoes Bulk cargoes include Coals, Concentrates, Grains, Fertilizers, Animal foodstuffs, Minerals and Ores. These cargoes constitute a high proportion of seaborne trade. IMSBC code The International Maritime Solid Bulk Cargoes Code (2009) is the revision of Solid Bulk Cargoes code (1965). The IMSBC code is based on the mandatory provisions as contained…
LOP Separated by 15° LOP Separated by 90° Azimuths Separated by 120° Azimuths Separated by 60°
Hague Rules 1924 Hague-Visby Rules 1968 US COGSA 1936 Hamburg Rules 1978 Rotterdam Rules 2009 Scope of application Bills of Lading issued in a contracting state. a) B/L issued in a contracting stateb) Carriage is from a Port in a contracting statec) Contracts of carriage which incorporate the Rules Shipments to and from the United…
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•Timber – means sawn wood or lumber, cants, logs, poles, pulpwood and all other types of timber in loose packaged forms but not including wood pulp or similar cargo. •Cant – means a log that is cut in slabs, so that two opposite or sometimes three sides are flat and the other(s) curved. •Timber Deck…