class IV

IMO was formed to accept regulation & Governments are accountable for applying them. When a Government accepts an IMO Convention it agrees to make it part of its national law and to enforce all of the...

IMO SHIP IDENTIFICATION NUMBER SCHEME (Circular letter No.1886/Rev.5) The IMO ship identification number scheme was launched in the year 1987 by approval of the resolution A.600(15), as a procedure focused at improving maritime safety, & pollution prevention &...

Following a more comprehensive inspection by an approved officer, the ship is found not to conform to the requirements of this Convention and: (a)the surroundings on board are clearly hazardous to the safety, health or security of seafarers;...

Background The accelerations acting on a ship in a seaway result from a combination of longitudinal, vertical and predominantly transverse motions.  The forces generated by these accelerations leading to the majority of securing problems. The danger arising from...

1) Work Rest Hrs ILO form available, pasted followed. 2) Record of work rest hrs. 3) Record of violations and corrective /preventive actions. 4) NC raised for work rest hrs. 5) AC working/Maintained. 6) Ventilation working/maintained. 7) Heating working/maintained. 8) Toilets working /sewage treatment plant working maintained. No...

SYNCHRONIZING AND PARALLELING OPERATION OF ALTERNATORS Main generator units(steam turbine, diesel driven & shaft driven) have to be run in parallel to share a total load that surpass the capacity of a single machine specially when discharging cargo, loading...

The International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, 1974 (SOLAS), as modified, deals with various angle of maritime safety & contains in chapter VII the obligatory provisions governing the carriage of dangerous...

CONSTRUCTION – FIRE PROTECTION, FIRE DETECTION AND FIRE EXTINCTION Entry into force: 1 July 2002 PART A - GENERAL Regulation 1 - Application - This chapter applies to ships built on or after 1st July 2002. Ships built before that...

IMO has always paid great attention to the advancement of navigational safety. Since 1959 a whole series of measures have been introduced, in the form of conventions, recommendations and other instruments. The best known...

The Long-Range Identification & Tracking (LRIT) system allow for the global identification & tracking of the ships. The function of the ships to transmit LRIT information & the rights & obligations of SOLAS Contracting...