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Only when PSCO has clear grounds that vessel is not complying with the regulations When the attending inspector have clear ground to believe that the vessel is not complying as per SOLAS XI –2 and or ISPS Code then only he can but have limited access to specific section of the plan relating to the…
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MASTERS RESPONSIBILITY AND AUTHORITY under STCW CODE 1. Ensure trainings are conducted as per the requirements. 2. Arrangement of watches. 3. Monitoring rest hours. 4. Ensure crew have their valid documents 5. Ensure safe Navigation. 6. Ensure maintenance of shipboard equipments 7. Ensure safe loading & discharging 8. Keep vessel ready for Inspection. 9. Ensure…
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Continuous Synopsis Record • SOLAS Chapter XI‐2 Regulation 5 • A ship to carry CSR which is intended to provide an onboard record of history of the ship issued by flag state. • Form 1: All CSR documents issued by ships administration. • Form 2: All amendment forms, Company or Master to complete. • Form…
Scope of application: 1) Damage in the territory, including the territorial sea, of a State Party; 2) Damage by contamination of the environment caused in the exclusive economic zone of a State Party, 3) To damage, other than damage by contamination of the environment, caused outside the territory, including the territorial sea, of any State,…
Why this convention was required. Oct 7, 1985, Italian cruise ship Achille Lauro hijacked by 4 armed terrorist. With some 100 mostly elderly passengers on board, in Egyptian waters. The hijackers demanded that Israel to free 50 Palestinian prisoners. To prove their determination, they shot and killed a disabled American tourist, 69-year-old Leon Klinghoffer, and…
CAP Survey Required by : Oil major requirement Purpose : Obtain info to rate steel condition and coating cond Identify defects and areas of substantial corrosion. Evaluate condition of anodes Applicable : All type of tankers more than 15yrs of age and above 20000 DWT Validity : As per oil major requirement, normally 2-3…
Port State Control Port State control, or PSC, is the exercise of the right of a port State, when granting permission to a foreign flagged ship to enter a port of the port State, to inspect the vessel to ensure that it meets international safety, pollution and other requirements. Although the flag State and owner…
Purpose Port State Control (PSC) is the inspection of foreign ships in national ports to verify that the condition of the ship and its equipment comply with the requirements of international rules and that the ship is manned and operated in compliance with these rules . These inspections were originally intended to be a back up…
Multiple Load-lines : Purpose : They are used when, for a period of time the vessel has to operate temporarily with a greater freeboard in accordance with the International Load-Line regulations. – A number of ports have special requirements for maximum draft and deadweight for ship’s calling at them. 1. At the owner’s request, the recognized…
ARTICLE 1 – DEFINITIONS Convention Area — means EEZ established by a State in accordance with International law, or an area beyond and adjacent to territorial sea determined by the State in accordance with International law, and extending upto ≤ 200 miles from the baseline from where territorial sea is measured. Wreck — means the following resulting…
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