Connecting Sailors Around the World
Father’s Day As the world celebrates yet another Father’s Day, a time when the kids thank their fathers for being there for them at every point of life, we decided to speak on the behalf of every father who is a sailor and who might be sailing on this
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There are various lifebuoy requirements as per SOLAS and LSA Code. Here in this article, we have compiled all the requirements in one place. So, let’s have a look at them. The inner diameter should not be less than 400 mm and the outer diameter should not be more than 800 mm.Mass of
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You must have heard of SCOPIC clause many times, so today we will try to understand what SCOPIC clause actually is. After many oil pollution incidents in the 1980s, the salvors were not ready to take up any salvage contracts due to the damage to the environment involved. Hence, it became a necessity to encourage
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Clean ballast is taken at sea after thoroughly cleaning the dedicated cargo tanks.Before taking in clean ballast the slop tanks which contain the tank washings have to be carefully decanted. That is using the ODME in compliance with MARPOL regulations, only the clean water which would have settled to the
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Sailing is a passion that all marines hold alike. For the duration, your ship is just not your workplace, but also your abode. After your duty hours, you don’t return home, u retire in your cabin. Your world moves from one place to another while earning your livelihood. Since the
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Before we discuss how to prepare for a load line survey onboard, let us first understand how many type of load line surveys are there and what all things are inspected in such type of load line surveys. Types of Load Line Survey Initial Survey Before a ship is put into service, a
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Traveling to various foreign countries is nothing new for seafarers. It is a steady occurrence. The shipping world is unpredictable. vessels to be transported to different places can come at any time, including traveling to foreign countries. Some seafarers even picked up the profession so that they can travel to
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The Titanic sank in the North Atlantic Ocean in the early morning of 15 April 1912, after colliding with an iceberg during her maiden voyage from Southampton, UK, to New York City, US. The sinking resulted in the deaths of more than 1,500 passengers and crew, making it one of the deadliest commercial peacetime maritime disasters in modern
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It’s true that not everyone in the merchant navy is mentally ready to live without their family, and so they plan to quit the merchant navy, but when they quit, they don’t have enough financial stability to survive on land and finally, they return back to the sea, and they
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The first principle of successful ice navigation is to maintain freedom of maneuver. Once a ship is trapped in ice, she goes wherever the ice goes. Ice navigation requires great patience and it can be tiring. If we can avoid ice even by taking a longer route, that should be preferred. During
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