International transport requires lots of papers and a container needs about 200 different documents according the showed video from Mearsk. The delay comes from running around to different offices, submitting forms and getting the approval stamp. This is already a well known problem for everybody who travels by plane, although we don’t bother much […]
How to Make a Manual Plot of 2 Ships to Determine a Collision Course
Nowadays most ships are sailing with an Arpa ( Automatic Radar Plotting Aid). This is a tool which helps the navigational officer of the watch to determine if there is a possible danger of collision with another ship. On LinkedIn there was an discussion in March 2015 about a case mentioned in MARS 201504. […]
the Use of LNG as Ships Fuel and Operational Safety Issues
In 2014 the first 100 ships are sailing with LNG as ships fuel. Those are not only LNG tankers. And for the coming years an exponential growth is expected and in 2020 more than 1000 ships will have double fuel system or single LNG fuel system. This blog is looking at some operational safety issues […]
Unified Interpretation of Maritime Regulations by IMO and IACS
This post is about interpretations of Maritime Regulations. To write something useful, I was trying to find my way through the IMO website. Every time I find new stuff here. Now I found this IMO recommendations on how to reduce administrative work. Lots of recommendations on how to avoid and reduce administrative burdens. […]
The different roles of Maritime Inspectors, Surveyors and Auditors
Maritime inspectors come in different roles, names and they work for different organizations. Depending on their title, the role can more or less be distinguished. In short the maritime inspector works normally as third party, as vetting or for an insurance company. The Flag State inspector and the Port State inspector are obvious. The Surveyor […]
Port State, the maritime ‘police’ is organised as MoU (Memorandum of Understanding)
The Port State acts like a maritime ‘police force’, they can actual stop a ship. This article will write the history of the port state and their task. If you want to see a police force as a friend of enemy depends on your position. In my county the saying about the police is: This […]
Underwriters, P&I clubs and Vetting of a Ship
The marine underwriters The wording marine is a bit misleading as the word means maritime in the world of underwriters and insurance companies. In the maritime world the money which is involved with the ships loss or the cargo loss or the third party loss are very high. To cover a high amount of […]
Different kind of Maritime Regulations on Your Ship
Different kind of Maritime Regulations on Your Ship starts with the big foundation laid down by the IMO and a little by the ILO. These minimum technical standards for a ship are the protocols like SOLAS, MARPOL, Load Line, ISM, ISPS etc… and of course the MLC2006 from the ILO. As you already can […]
IMO and ILO, the different focus on people
The IMO and ILO, two different Organizations. The IMO is pure maritime orientated, while the ILO is broad and is orientated to all kind of labour. The IMO is looking at the technical aspects of a ship, the ILO takes care about the social aspects of the crew. So what is more important? Since […]
The Practical Overview of Maritime Regulations at Work
This page is the overview and shows the interaction between all maritime organizations like e.g. the flag states and class societies. All of these organization has their own inspectors. In the end a small page is about vetting and insurance. Oh, and if your browser was not up to date, then later on this page […]
What do the Maritime Class Society and IACS do?
Classification Societies and IACS are not the same. The history of the Class Society started in London in Edward’s Cafe. Captains inspected the sailing ships in the port of London for seaworthiness. In Edward’s cafe a register was keeping up to date by these inspections to give Edward’s clients an insight in the quality of the […]
the Role of the Flag State at a Seagoing Ship
The Role of the Flag State at a Seagoing Ship is in principle simple. Every ship needs to be registered somewhere. The management of that ships does this registration in a country. This country becomes the flag state of that ship. With the registration of the ship, that ship will receive a call sign and […]
the History of Maritime Regulations in a blink
Despite all the maritime regulations, the Costa Concordia still capsized and 32 people lost their lives. This accident happened in 2012. A quick overview about the history of maritime regulations, which created the feeling that this ship was build like a Titanic. Unsinkable, but unfortunately source for debate and new maritime regulations. In the […]
Law of the Sea former know as Maritime or Admiralty Law
Most of the times the different wordings are used for the same thing. Law of the Sea is the convention from 1982. One of the subjects it discusses are the boundaries of the coastal state but there are 300 articles with all kind of subjects. Environmental issues, passage through straits, legislation of a ship all belongs […]