For those who never handled the air system of a ship, I tried to simplify the drawing and text into a few words: Close the air re-circulation valve in your air (conditioning or heating) system to get a healthy environment in the cabins & in the wheelhouse. The air system on a ship is not […]
Transport Paper Trail
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 […]