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Celestial Fix Best Practices – 2

Posted on June 23, 2024June 23, 2024 By admin No Comments on Celestial Fix Best Practices – 2
Celestial Fix Best Practices – 2

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…

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Solid Bulk Cargoes

Posted on June 23, 2024June 23, 2024 By admin No Comments on Solid Bulk Cargoes
Solid Bulk Cargoes

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…

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Best practice for celestial fix

Posted on June 18, 2024June 18, 2024 By admin No Comments on Best practice for celestial fix
Best practice for celestial fix

LOP Separated by 15° LOP Separated by 90° Azimuths Separated by 120° Azimuths Separated by 60°

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Comparision of Hague Visby – Hamburg and Rotterdam Rules.

Posted on June 17, 2024June 17, 2024 By admin No Comments on Comparision of Hague Visby – Hamburg and Rotterdam Rules.
Comparision of Hague Visby – Hamburg and Rotterdam Rules.

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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Carriage of Timber Cargo

Posted on June 13, 2024June 13, 2024 By admin No Comments on Carriage of Timber Cargo
Carriage of Timber Cargo

•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…

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