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Before the arrival of heavy weather ensure the following: 1.All departments are informed that you expect bad weather and the approximate time. 2.All loose and movable objects in the accommodation, deck stores, mast-houses and under-deck stores has been secured. 3.Confirm with the engine room that all equipment, stores, and machinery are all secured. 4.Rig
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When the temperature is low on the surface of the ocean, the layer of water above the surface cools down.its density changes as soon as it is cooled and due to its density it goes down and the top layer of water is replaced by the lower layer of water.
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Inclining Experiment carried out on a newly built vessel on which has undergone major structural changes to ascertain the light kg of the vessel. once the light kg is known, the kg of the vessel can be found out in any condition. Solas Requirement Inclining Experiment: every passenger ship or every cargo ship
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In A Diesel Engine Fuel Is Ignited By Injecting It Into Hot, High-Pressure Air In A Combustion Chamber. A Diesel Engine Operates With A Fixed Sequence Of Events, These Events May Be Achieved In One Cycle (I.E. In 2 Strokes Of A Piston) Or In Two Cycles (I.E. In 4
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Flags hoist on board ships to identify the country in which the vessel is registered. As a mark of respect and courtesy to the country, the ship is visiting. A house flag to identify the company the ship belongs to. Single letter hoist, double letter hoist as required by international
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The compass error should be checked each watch and on every new course to measure the error of the gyrocompass, which is the angle the gyro north makes with the True north to establish trends in deviation on different courses at varying latitudes.This is important because should the gyro compass
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DETAILS OF THE CERTIFICATES AND DOCUMENTS TO BE CARRIED Applicable to ALL ships: Certificate of Registry Tonnage certificate-Issued to every ship over 24 meters in length and 150 Gt, the gross tonnage (GT) and net Tonnage (NT) of which has been determined by the convention. It should be noted that the
Read MoreThe chart is a very important thing on the ship. Nowadays modern ships have come in electronic chart systems and it is very easy to correct them, but there are still many companies that are using paper charts on their vessels primary sources for navigation. Updating a paper chart is
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Some of the companies allow Seafarer's families to join with their spouse.Your spouse will need to check with the company if they allow family to join the ship along with him. Most companies prefer the seafarer to join the ship first and family to join later on at the next
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Serious Injury to Crew Member During Mooring Operations.An able seaman on board a Maltese registered tanker lost his lower left leg as it became entangled in the tug’s messenger line and got stuck between a deadman roller and its guide. The aft mooring station was in the process of releasing the
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