The Maritime Industry Guide
Anti-seize compounds are used on ships to prevent seizure of metal components which takes place because of several reasons. Mentioned herein are the most important anti seize compounds that are used on ships.
Oil spills have been in news recently because of several reasons. This has made the rules related to oil spill even more stricter. In this article we will learn how to fight oil spill on ship.
According to Annex VI of MARPOL 1973/78 Convention of IMO for prevention of air pollution from ships, the guidelines regarding the waste material storage and disposal of waste at sea need to be strictly followed.
Extended dry-docking is a special scheme which increases the dry dock interval of the ship from five years to seven years, providing more time for the ship to operate in water and allowing maximum dry dock scheduling flexibility. Read more about the extended dry-docking (EDD) scheme inside the article.
Helicopter underwater escape training arms you with the resources and skills needed to stay safe and escape from a helicopter that has landed in water. Find out more about the training course inside the article.
Just like in Airplanes, a ship is also provided with a black box known as Voyage data recorder. The VDR helps for reconstruction of the voyage details and vital information during an accident investigation.
Cleaning of fuel oil tanks has to be done on a scheduled basis in order to prevent the new fuel oil from getting spoiled. Find out how the fuel oil tanks are cleaned on a ship
An Automated Guided Vehicle (AGV) or Automatic Guided Vehicle as the name suggests is a vehicle that is controlled and operated with the help of
Metering pump, as the name suggests, is a type of pump which is used on ship to pump a precise volume of liquid. Metering pump can be adjusted to provide different flow rates. They are generally used when the precision of volume to be delivered is very important.