CLASSIFICATION SOCIETIES AND THEIR FUNCTIONS
A classification society is the non governmental corporation that manages & sustain technical standards for the building & performance of the ships & offshore structures. To circumvent liability, they clearly take no accountability for...
CHARTER PARTIES
A charter
party is a document of contract by which the shipowner agrees to lease, &
the charterer agrees to hire, a ship or all the cargo space, or a part of it,
on terms & conditions...
SOLAS CONVENTION
The SOLAS is an International maritime agreement
which needs Signatory flag states to assure that the ships flagged by them
follow with minimum safety standards in the construction, equipment &
operation. The recent version of the SOLAS...
SALVAGE – INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION ON SALVAGE 1989 AND LLOYD’S STANDARD FORM OF SALVAGE (LOF...
Marine salvage is the procedure of recovering
the ship & its cargo after a shipwreck or other maritime casualty. Salvage
may surround towing, re-floating a vessel, or effecting repairs to the ship.
Today, saving the coastal environment...
MODERN PROTECTION RELAYS USED WITH SWITCHGEAR
Although this is not a text on electrical protection, a short discussion on modern protection relays are justified, as modern relays are changing the way electrical engineers think, not only about protection, but regarding...
POLAR SHIP CATEGORIES
The
Polar Code divides ships into three categories: Category A, B or C.
Category
A
Category A ship means a ship designed for the operation in the polar waters in at least medium first year ice, which may...
CONCEPT OF PERMEABILITY
Practically, all the compartments in ships would contain items within them that would reduce the total volume that can be occupied by the flooded water. The items include stiffeners, web frames, longitudinals, brackets, beam...
SECTION 214 IN THE MERCHANT SHIPPING ACT, 1958
Entries
to be made in official log books.—
(1)
The master of the ship for which an official log is needed shall enter or cause
to be entered in the official log book the following matters, namely:—
(a) every
conviction...
OPERATION MANAGEMENT
ONBOARD SHIP MANAGEMENT
Concerning shipboard management the company
is desired in compliance to the ISM code as well as the ISO 9001 standard to
have formed a set of company objectives & policies. Precisely the ISM code
approach...
SOLAS－GENERAL PROVISIONS
States that except if expressly
provided otherwise, the regulations apply only to ships involved on the
international voyagesDefines 'international voyage'Defines: owner, to the suitable
administration of the port State when the ship is in a port of...