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Lloyd’s Register is introducing changes to its Rules and Regulations for the Classification of Ships, Part 3, July 2025. These changes incorporate new requirements related to the following: IACS Unified Requirement UR C6: Requirements for Lashing...

New IMO updates under MSC.1/Circ.1572/Rev.2 require annual crew inspections of Permanent Means of Access (PMA) on oil tankers. Discover the operational challenges this presents and how owners can apply for flag administration dispensations. Amendments by...

1.Auxiliary boiler feed water pump breaker faulty Causes: Breaker is tripping. It is not holding at ON position. Remedial Actions: Operate the system with the standby pump. Isolate the faulty breaker & change with new one. 2. Auxiliary boiler feed water pump...

The Fresh Water Allowance is the number of millimetres by which the mean draft changes when a ship passes from salt water to fresh water, or vice versa, whilst floating at the loaded draft.           FWA(in mm)...

Basically there are no universally relevant definitions of ship types, particular descriptions & names are used within IMO treaties & the conventions. The following is the list ship types defined in several IMO instruments: A passenger ship is...