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By F. R. Chowdhury Shipping is one of the oldest businesses in the world. Risk management and insurance is also equally old business. They are closely linked with one another. In fact the development of insurance took place in support of the shipping industry. In the early days the ship-owner, trader and ship-captain was a …
Compiled by F. R. Chowdhury Image Credit: ClassNK 1. Certificate of Survey: – This is done on behalf of the Flag State prior to the registration of the vessel to establish the authenticity/ identity of the vessel and to ensure that particulars given/ obtained are correct. 2. Certificate of Registry: – This is the identity document of …
My activities on MARPOL Annex VI and Ship Energy Efficiency Management from Mohammud Hanif Dewan M.Phil.
Image Credit: Wärtsilä The efficiency of the ship’s propeller is an important part of a ship’s overall propulsion efficiency. The Wärtsilä EnergoProFin has become a popular retrofit solution to improve the propulsion efficiency and hence improve the fuel efficiency of many ships already in service.The Wärtsilä EnergoProFin solution, a propeller cap with fins that rotates …
Watch Keeping in Engine Room: Image Credit: www.jamstec.go.jp A. Handing over a watch: Engineers on ships perform their duties in rotational shifts, each having fixed and equal number of hours. This work shift, also known as a watch, needs to be carried out in an efficient manner to ensure the safety of life and property …
Image Credit & Author: Captain Kamal Ahmed. Preparation Prior making a voyage into subfreezing zone, Master must ensure that the vessel is suitable for navigating in that zone, crew are duly trained, well protected with PPE and necessary gears and familiar with the operations of the vessel in ice conditions. Master also need to prepare …
Mandatory in passenger ships with GT > 500 and cargo ships with GT >2000, for fire extinguishing in machinery spaces of category A with volume > 500 m3 (IMO MSC/Circ.913). System introduced as an alternative to the Halon systems (prohibited in 1994) for fire fighting in machinery spaces of category A and cargo pump rooms. This fire extinguishing process …
MARPOL Annex VI: Prevention of Air Pollution from Ships from Mohammud Hanif Dewan M.Phil.
The Energy Efficiency Design Index (EEDI) was made mandatory for new ships and the Ship Energy Efficiency Management Plan (SEEMP) for all ships at MEPC 62 (July 2011) with the adoption of amendments to MARPOL Annex VI (resolution MEPC.203(62)), by Parties to MARPOL Annex VI. This was the first legally binding climate change treaty to be …
Image Credit: www.imo.org The Paris Climate Change conference (COP21) 2015 Agreement identifies a clear goal on two objectives: holding the increase in the global average temperature to well below 2°C above pre-industrial levels and to pursue efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5 °C above pre-industrial levels. IMO has contributed over last decade and will …