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 […]
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 […]
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 […]