Marine Navigation
What Seafarers Should Do After The Vessel Receives Storm Warning?
Learn about precautions every seafarer must follow while encountering tropical storms or navigating in areas with frequent occurrence.
Marine Navigation
Important Points For Dealing With Navigational Warnings On Ships
Learn important points on how a good ship navigator should deal with navigational warnings or any matter relating to the safety of life at sea.
Marine Navigation
What are Maritime Chokepoints?
A chokepoint refers to a point of natural congestion in important navigable passages. Maritime choke points are narrow channels of shipping having high traffic because of their strategic location.
Marine Navigation
Marine Radars and Their Use in the Shipping Industry
Marine radars are short range radars used for locating other ships and land in the area.Ship radar are used as Tracking ship devices as per COLREGS.
Marine Navigation
What are the Methods To Update Navigation Charts On Board Ships?
Once a chart is published, constantly changing navigational features and aids or other relevant information have to be promulgated in order to update the ships navigating in those areas. Find out different methods of updating navigation charts on ships.
Marine Navigation
5 Important Points for Ice Navigation of Ships
Handing ships during ice navigation is a daunting task for ship professionals. Ship navigation through frozen seas requires certain important points to be followed by the navigating officers. Learn them inside.
Marine Navigation
What To Do When Your Ship Is Dragging Anchor?
A merchant vessel is said to be having a “dragging anchor” when the vessel drifts without holding power inspite of being anchored. Learn about the actions to be taken in such situation.
Marine Navigation
Annual Summary of Notices to Mariners : What is NP247(1)?
The annual survey of notices to mariners is a yearly publication which advice mariners on important matters related to ship’s navigation, hydro graphic information, aids to navigation, and changes in shipping channels.
Marine Navigation
Introduction To Ship Load Lines
Load line is a special marking positioned amidships which depicts the draft of the vessel and the maximum permitted limit in distinct types of waters to which the ship can be loaded. Get a general overview of ship load lines inside the article.
Marine Navigation
9 Common Mistakes That Can Occur While Using Traffic Separation Scheme On Ships
An experienced captain explains the nine common errors that are made by ship navigators when navigating in a traffic separation scheme (TSS).