Chart 5500 English Channel
Specific regulation RADIO REPORTING SYSTEM: MARITIME RADIO SERVICE: PILOTAGE SERVICES:
Traffic Separation Scheme
DIFFERENTIATE BETWEEN ADOPTED AND NON-ADOPTED ROUTEING SCHEMES. ADOPTED SCHEMES: NON-ADOPTED SCHEMES: FIVE PRECISE OBJECTIVES OF THE IMO ROUTEING. STATE WHERE INFORMATION ON TSS CAN BE OBTAINED. Non-compliance with the TSS is considered a serious maritime offence, on summary conviction is liable to a fineof maximum £ 50,000/-
Passage through
Passage through Magellan Straits (Points for consideration) • An alternative route between E and W coast of S. America.• There are extreme difficulties and dangers when both E and W bound.• The dangers are those associated with narrow channels and harbour accentuated by the prevalence of bad weather and generally foul and rocky character of…
Documentary credit system
Documentary credit system of transactionThis is a sort of money transfer system to enable sellers to obtain early payment soon after the delivery of the goods. A documentary credit—also called a letter of credit—is a conditional guarantee of payment in which an overseas bank takes responsibility for paying the seller after he has shipped the…
Deviation
The master is expected to proceed from the load port to the discharge port without delay and without departure from the usual geographical route. If he fails to do so then this may amount to a deviation from the contractual voyage. Deviation Deviation in its legal sense is an unjustified departure from the contractual voyage….
CERTIFICATES, EXTENSION AND DISPENSATION
Master must ensure that all statutory, class and trading certificates are kept valid at all times . Master to closely monitor and ensure that they are available and maintained valid at all times, as applicable. For electronic certificates, Master along with ship staff shall regularly (at least monthly) check the validity of the certificates by…
Crude Calculations
Free water. The measured volume of water in a tank not in suspension with the liquid in the tank at observed temperature. Expressed in cubic meter or/and barrels. Total Observed Volume (TOV). The total measured volume of all petroleum Iiquids,BS&W,and free water at observed temperature.Expressed in cubic meter orland barrels. Gross Observed Volume (GOV). The…
ENTRIES IN THE BALLAST WATER RECORD BOOK
Code A – When ballast water is taken on board from the aquatic environment (ballasting operation) 1. Start time and location (port of uptake or latitude/longitude)2. Completion time and location (port of uptake or latitude/longitude and minimum depth of water during uptake)3. The identity of the tanks affected4. Estimated volume of uptake and final total…
SUNRUI BWTS System Troubleshooting
TRO CABINET IN PUMP ROOM 1) Communication Alarm : Main cause of communication alarm is low or no air pressure (3 to 4 bar)in the cabinet. Positive air pressure is to be maintained in TRO cabinet in order to maintain intrinsically safe condition in it. If the pressure falls below 3Bar the system will stop…
Ro Ro Vessel Cargo Space Atmosphere
Need to monitor Atmosphere in RO RO ship cargo spaces Exhaust gases from motor vehicles contain hazardous substances. Carbon monoxide from petrol engines and nitric oxide (NO) & nitrogen dioxide (NO2) from diesel engines are released in the cargo spacesThese hazardous substances can effect people in many different way. Certain substances have a tangible, immediate…