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The basic concept of load lines Load Line ensure that she cannot be loaded beyond her strength Load Line provide adequate reserve buoyancy Load Line protects the crew. Conditions of Assignment Hull must be adequate structural strength Hull must be water-tight Hull must be adequate freeing arrangements the ship must have
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Financial Freedom for Seafarers The sea is full of life, adventure, and endless explorations. A seafarer holds more at heart, with duties that very few understand in entirety. Everything eventually takes as much as it gives. Nevertheless, after a voyage with money in the bank, there is something else to think
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The angle of Loll is that angle of heel at which a ship with negative GM will come to rest. It is an extremely dangerous situation and in extreme cases, a vessel may even capsize. A vessel with Negative Initial GM will tend to capsize. However when the vessel starts to heel over, her
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The European Union (EU) has eased travel restrictions under its 'Green Pass' scheme, while India has urged the 27 member states of the grouping to allow Indians who have been vaccinated against Covishield and Covaxin to travel to Europe. India has requested the EU to accept the vaccination certificate issued through
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CDC CORRECTION PROCESS Certificates are prone to mistakes either due to typographic errors or due to the name change of the seafarers in the passport. Your certificate, CDC should not contain any mistakes to work smoothly on a ship. The correction of the seafarer’s details in the CDC can be corrected
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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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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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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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