We need to exchange ballast water on board to maintain the ship’s stability and keep the cargo safe. Proper Ballasting and Deballasting can significantly reduce the rolling and pitching of the vessel. Where can the Exchange of ballast take place? Ballast water exchange cannot be carried out anywhere at sea. Following are the requirements. The…
Special Areas: Special Areas refer to sea regions where the implementation of specific mandatory measures to prevent pollution is deemed necessary due to recognized technical, oceanographical, ecological conditions, and unique traffic patterns. The following are designated Special Areas: Annex I: a) Mediterranean Sea Area b) Baltic Sea Area c) Black Sea Area d) Red Sea…
A passage plan is a comprehensive, berth to berth guide, developed and used by a vessel’s bridge team to determine the most favourable route, to identify potential problems or hazards along the route, and to adopt Bridge Management Practices to ensure the vessel’s safe passage. Passage planning is divided into 4 parts Appraisal This is…
SMPEP Regulation 17 of MARPOL Annex II makes similar stipulations that all ships of 150 gross tonnage and above carrying noxious liquid substances in bulk carry an approved shipboard marine pollution emergency plan for noxious liquid substances. The latter may be combined with a SOPEP, since most of their contents are the same and one…
TYPES OF CARGOES (REFRIGERATED CARGO AND REEFER SHIPS ) REEFER SHIPS A reefer ship is a refrigerated cargo ship, typically used to transport perishable commodities which require temperature-controlled transportation, such as fruit, meat, fish, vegetables, dairy products, and other foods. TYPES OF CARGOES Refrigerated cargoes -can be divided into three class frozen class – example meat,…
Oil Record book All cargo vessels where MARPOL Convention is applicable must have an oil record book in which the officer responsible will record all oil or sludge transfers and discharges within the vessel. This is necessary for authorities to be able to monitor if a vessel’s crew has properly disposed of their oil discharges at sea….
GARBAGE MANAGEMENT PLAN An approved garbage management plan must consist of the following-
Advertisements WHY AND OBJECTIVE The International Maritime Dangerous Goods or IMDG Code was adopted in 1965 as per the SOLAS (Safety for Life at Sea) Convention of 1960 under the IMO. The IMDG code also ensures that the goods transported through seaways are packaged in such a way that they can be safely transported. IMDG…
The 1991 International Code for the Safe Carriage of Grain in Bulk (International Grain Code), adopted by resolution MSC.23(59), has been mandatory under SOLAS chapter VI since 1 January 1994. Application of grain code The International Grain Code applies to ships regardless of size, including those of less than 500 gross tonnage, engaged in the…