Applies to ships issued with a Certificate of Fitness for the Carriage of Dangerous Chemicals in Bulk. The amendments to the revised standards for the design, testing and location of devices to preve [ ... ]

The North American Emission Control Area for SOx and particulate matter (ECA-SOx) enters into effect on 1 August, 2012. From this date, the same requirements will apply as for the existing Baltic and  [ ... ]

An explosion involving MTBE will ring alarm bells and up the focus on safety during hard times. The 25,269-dwt chemical tanker Stolt Valor (built 2004) was carrying a cargo of methyl tertiary butyl e [ ... ]

A small gas tanker was on a loaded coastal voyage. Prior to arrival at the discharge port, the chief engineer and a company superintendent who was on board to carry out an inspection of the vessel, pl [ ... ]

Technical Bulletins published by Framo Engineering AS iles are in .pdf file format.

Low-load operation between 10% to 40% engine load is possible, with a few exceptions, for ME/ME-C and MC/MC-C engines without any engine modification. MAN B&W two-stroke engines are designed for  [ ... ]

The Ship Manoeuvring Simulator Centre of Trondheim, Norway is the first training centre to have its navigation course certified to DNV’s ice navigation standard. “Representing the world’s only c [ ... ]

 “INCIDENT INVESTIGATION-ANALYSIS” & “PRACTICAL RISK ASSESSMENT” A 2+2 days (combined: 3 days) DNV training course for shipboard and shore based
application.

Criminals are illegally disposing of chemical waste in bunker fuel used in the port of Rotterdam, according to Dutch police. Dutch national police force spokesman Ed Kraszewski recently announced tha [ ... ]

The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) 8217 specifies the standards and requirements for marine fuels supplied to ships, and takes into the account the international
requirements such [ ... ]

COMPASS FLUID. Many types of fluid have been used over the years to fill liquid-damped compasses.  The presence of fluid acts to damp the horizontal circular oscillation of a compass card and all [ ... ]

Having Trouble with Gas boilers and Diesel engine's aircoolers ? The PrimaSound Acoustic Cleaner will Solve your Problems.
 Acoustic Cleaners are low frequency, high powered horns desig [ ... ]

MSC.282(86) Bridge Navigational Watch Alarm System (BNWAS). Guidelines for the examination of a Bridge Navigational Watch Alarm System (BNWAS). SOLAS Ch. V, Reg.19 as amended by Resolution MSC.282(86 [ ... ]

Reference is made to the revised LSA Code, applicable from 1 January 2012, where the person weight
for the design and testing of liferafts has been increased from 75 to 82.5 kg: Until further notice,  [ ... ]

Clean Cargo Working Group Environmental Performance Survey
Environmental Policy
Environmental Management System (EMS)
Please describe your Environmental Management Program
Your environmental management o [ ... ]

Questions relating to responsibility, authority and contractual issues can be complicating factors when damage occurs whilst a vessel is at a repair yard or in
dry dock. The questions are mostly relate [ ... ]

Log Sheet for Record Keeping Obligation, RAC Equipment
Information and forthcoming MARPOL Annex VI requirements.
This record sheet allows compliance with Revised MARPOL Annex VI, Reg 12, 1005/2009 & [ ... ]

CHARTER PARTIES AND B/L FORMS
All forms have been selected from many maritime libraries NOTICE: All forms of documents are presented here for viewing as Adobe PDF files.    

Remember 4th grade science class?
Yeah, the one where you did that experiment with litmus, the paper that turned red when you put it on a lemon and blue in soapy water.
The indicator for acidity or alk [ ... ]

The T2 tanker design was based on that of several commercial tankers built by Bethlehem Steel in 1939. 
As the United States was gearing up to be the industrial engine for the Allied Powers in 19 [ ... ]

Shock is the physical stimulation that results when electric current passes through the body.
There are only two kinds of electrical shock; discomfort and death. The difference between the two may be  [ ... ]

Loading the cargo tanks, Discharging of parcel cargoes, Discharging of homogeneous cargoes (parallel pumping), Cargo heating by deck mounted heaters, Stripping, Tank cleaning. 1.0 LOADING THE CARGO [ ... ]