GMDSS Equipment’s – LSA
Distress is the most serious form of emergency and means that a vessel, aircraft, person or the environment is in…
Anchoring procedures enhanced
There have been a significant number of groundings, collisions and near miss incidents caused as a result of maneuvering in…
Course Recorder
It records the Gyro course steered by the vessel continuously against a time scale. The record is considered as useful…
Automatic Identification System
AIS is a system that transmits vessel position, course and speed via a VHF radio channel to all ships within…
Autopilot
When a ship has to steer a single course for a long time it would be tiresome for the helmsman…
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…
Parallel Indexing
Parallel indexing is an effective way of monitoring a vessels progress along a preselected track using a radar. As a…
Azimuth Mirror
A compass is equipment which is used to find direction while at sea. A compass tells the direction in which…
Doppler Log
The speed log is a device used to measure the speed and also the number of nautical miles the vessel…