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Precautions polar water
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Precautions polar water

adminAugust 25, 2024August 25, 2024

In general, during ice ship navigation, an ice pilot and ice breakers are provided to help commercial vessel operations by…

GMDSS equipment power
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GMDSS equipment power

adminAugust 25, 2024August 25, 2024

Source of GMDSS equipment power from following :- GeneratorEmergency generatoremergency battery The GMDSS battery is usually in the range of…

Weather associated with cold fronts
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Weather associated with cold fronts

adminAugust 24, 2024August 24, 2024

A cold front normally occurs when a huge mass of cold and chilly air meets a mass of warm air,…

Tidal Calculations
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Tidal Calculations

adminJune 24, 2024June 24, 2024

Many of us are quite scared of solving the tide problems especially calculations involving Secondary Ports Lets first handle calculation…

Celestial Fix Best Practices – 2
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Celestial Fix Best Practices – 2

adminJune 23, 2024June 23, 2024

Star finder ? How to use it? Star finder is used to choose suitable stars for celestial observations and for…

Best practice for celestial fix
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Best practice for celestial fix

adminJune 18, 2024June 18, 2024

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

GMDSS
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GMDSS

adminSeptember 18, 2023September 18, 2023

The Global Maritime Distress and Safety System (GMDSS) is an international system relating to all vessels over 300 gross tonnes…

ECDIS MANAGEMENT
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ECDIS MANAGEMENT

adminMay 27, 2023May 27, 2023

Compliance of ECDIS system ECDIS SOFTWARE VERSIONS ECDIS that is not updated to the latest version of the IHO Standards…

Working of Hygrometer & Stevenson’s Screen
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Working of Hygrometer & Stevenson’s Screen

adminFebruary 25, 2023February 25, 2023

Description: A hygrometer is a an easy to use tool for measuring the amount of humidity in the atmosphere and…

Bridge Watchkeeping
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Bridge Watchkeeping

adminJune 20, 2021June 20, 2021

Watchkeeping during ocean passages Watchkeeping during ocean passages will require all the activities related to performing a navigational watch as…

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