Feeder Operations
The advent of containerisation has led to a great many changes in the role of the carrier of goods by…
Tidal Calculations
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
Star finder ? How to use it? Star finder is used to choose suitable stars for celestial observations and for…
Solid Bulk Cargoes
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
LOP Separated by 15° LOP Separated by 90° Azimuths Separated by 120° Azimuths Separated by 60°
Comparision of Hague Visby – Hamburg and Rotterdam Rules.
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
•Timber – means sawn wood or lumber, cants, logs, poles, pulpwood and all other types of timber in loose packaged…
SOOTBLOWERS AND BOILER CLEANING
Oil Fired Auxiliary Boilers The oil fired auxiliary boilers are not fitted with sootblowers. Soot removal from the heat transfer…
GMDSS
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
Both the port and starboard slop tanks are fitted with internal grid type heating coils. The port slop tank has…