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Month: October 2025

Navigation Pressure Pattern

Posted on October 3, 2025October 3, 2025 By admin No Comments on Navigation Pressure Pattern
Navigation Pressure Pattern

Pressure patterns: Common for July and January Permanent High in North and South Atlantic (35˚N/S)Permanent High in the Indian ocean SE of Mozambique (35˚S)Permanent high in North and south pacific (35˚N) and 35˚S off Chilean coast.Permanent Low SW of Iceland close to the east coast of green land. July (Northern summer / Southern winter) Atlantic:…

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Iceberg General Patterns

Posted on October 3, 2025October 3, 2025 By admin No Comments on Iceberg General Patterns
Iceberg General Patterns

North Atlantic: July: Northern Summer January: Northern Winter South Atlantic / S. Indian Ocean / South Pacific Ocean January (summer): Pack Ice: July (winter): The icebergs can be traced as follows:

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Chart 5500 English Channel

Posted on October 3, 2025October 3, 2025 By admin No Comments on Chart 5500 English Channel
Chart 5500 English Channel

Specific regulation RADIO REPORTING SYSTEM: MARITIME RADIO SERVICE: PILOTAGE SERVICES:

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Traffic Separation Scheme

Posted on October 3, 2025October 3, 2025 By admin No Comments on Traffic Separation Scheme

DIFFERENTIATE BETWEEN ADOPTED AND NON-ADOPTED ROUTEING SCHEMES. ADOPTED SCHEMES: NON-ADOPTED SCHEMES: FIVE PRECISE OBJECTIVES OF THE IMO ROUTEING. STATE WHERE INFORMATION ON TSS CAN BE OBTAINED. Non-compliance with the TSS is considered a serious maritime offence, on summary conviction is liable to a fineof maximum £ 50,000/-

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Passage through

Posted on October 3, 2025October 3, 2025 By admin No Comments on Passage through
Passage through

Passage through Magellan Straits (Points for consideration) • An alternative route between E and W coast of S. America.• There are extreme difficulties and dangers when both E and W bound.• The dangers are those associated with narrow channels and harbour accentuated by the prevalence of bad weather and generally foul and rocky character of…

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Documentary credit system

Posted on October 2, 2025October 2, 2025 By admin No Comments on Documentary credit system

Documentary credit system of transactionThis is a sort of money transfer system to enable sellers to obtain early payment soon after the delivery of the goods. A documentary credit—also called a letter of credit—is a conditional guarantee of payment in which an overseas bank takes responsibility for paying the seller after he has shipped the…

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Deviation

Posted on October 2, 2025October 2, 2025 By admin No Comments on Deviation

The master is expected to proceed from the load port to the discharge port without delay and without departure from the usual geographical route. If he fails to do so then this may amount to a deviation from the contractual voyage. Deviation Deviation in its legal sense is an unjustified departure from the contractual voyage….

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