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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…

Solid Bulk Cargoes
Bulk Carrier

Solid Bulk Cargoes

adminJune 23, 2024June 23, 2024

Types of Bulk Cargoes Bulk cargoes include Coals, Concentrates, Grains, Fertilizers, Animal foodstuffs, Minerals and Ores. These cargoes constitute a…

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°

Comparision of Hague Visby – Hamburg and Rotterdam Rules.
Rules and Regulation

Comparision of Hague Visby – Hamburg and Rotterdam Rules.

adminJune 17, 2024June 17, 2024

Hague Rules 1924 Hague-Visby Rules 1968 US COGSA 1936 Hamburg Rules 1978 Rotterdam Rules 2009 Scope of application Bills of…

Carriage of Timber Cargo
Cargo handling

Carriage of Timber Cargo

adminJune 13, 2024June 13, 2024

•Timber – means sawn wood or lumber, cants, logs, poles, pulpwood and all other types of timber in loose packaged…

SOOTBLOWERS AND BOILER CLEANING
Engine Room Operations

SOOTBLOWERS AND BOILER CLEANING

adminSeptember 19, 2023September 19, 2023

Oil Fired Auxiliary Boilers The oil fired auxiliary boilers are not fitted with sootblowers. Soot removal from the heat transfer…

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…

SLOP TANK AND CARGO TANK HEATING
Tanker

SLOP TANK AND CARGO TANK HEATING

adminSeptember 17, 2023September 17, 2023

Both the port and starboard slop tanks are fitted with internal grid type heating coils. The port slop tank has…

AUTOMATIC CARGO STRIPPING  SYSTEM
Cargo handling

AUTOMATIC CARGO STRIPPING  SYSTEM

adminSeptember 17, 2023September 17, 2023

System as per my present vessel The automatic cargo stripping system is provided to improve the efficiency of stripping the…

OPERATION OF THE INERT GAS SYSTEM
Tanker

OPERATION OF THE INERT GAS SYSTEM

adminSeptember 17, 2023September 17, 2023

The flue gas system main control panel is situated in the CCR. This panel contains  the programmable  controller  pushbuttons  etc,…

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