Multiple Load lines
Multiple Load-lines : Purpose : They are used when, for a period of time the vessel has to operate temporarily with…
Salvage
Salvage and the essential elements in a salvage service “Salvage” is a service rendered by a person who saves or…
Safety Depth & Safety Contour In ECDIS
Use of the Safety Depth and the Safety Contour in ECDIS Safety Depth: Value set by the mariner that is used…
Requirement and significance of Bill of Lading Clauses
Everyone involved in the shipping and freight industry would have come across various clauses and stamps on a Bill of…
Port of Refuge
Port of Refuge – A port of Refuge is a port or place that the vessel diverts to when her…
World Scale & AFRA Scale
World Scale 1. World Scale is the “World Tanker Nominal Freight Scale” and is a schedule of freight rates applying…
COLREG in easy language (Rule 19)
Rule 19 Conduct of vessels in restricted visibility (d) A vessel which detects by radar alone the presence of another…
COLREG in easy language (Rule 17)
Rule 17 Action by stand-on vessel (a) (i) Where one of two vessels is to keep out of the way,…
COLREG in easy language (Rule 15 & 16)
Rule 15 Crossing situation When two power-driven vessels are crossing so as to involve risk of collision, the vessel which…
COLREG in easy language (Rule 14)
Rule 14 Head-on situation (a) When two power-driven vessels are meeting on reciprocal or nearly reciprocal courses so as to…