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 […]