Assessing and Recording Damage To The Ship
Ships in their operations often suffer damage; the damage could be due to weather, wear and tear or due to…
Category: Shipboard operation
Receiving and Delivering Cargo
Receiving Cargo General Cargo The Owner or his Agent who have booked the cargo must check its condition at the…
Operational Risk Management
After studying this blog, you should be able to: Identify how to apply flow chart principles for any hazardous work…
Fresh Water Generator
Modern ships today are equipped with fresh water generators. They enable an unlimited supply of fresh water to be produced.…
Emergency Recovery of anchor and cable
Occasionally the power of the windlass may be insufficient to recover the anchor, even in moderate weather. This can be…
Knowledge Of Safety Systems on Board
Safe Practices: The Aim of this section is to ensure that the seafarer does not, at anytime, jeopardize the safety…
Anchoring procedures enhanced
There have been a significant number of groundings, collisions and near miss incidents caused as a result of maneuvering in…
Heaving up anchor
Avoiding damage to the anchor system If the paid out length of the chain has to be adjusted, or when…
Purpose of Annex V
Annex V prevention of pollution by garbage from ships (entered into force 31 December 1988) Revised annex V entered into…
Steering Gear Testing
Within 12 hours before departure, the ships steering gear is checked and tested by the ship’s crew. The test procedures…