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Hot Work Accidents Accidents as a result of hot work can occur because of several reasons. One of the most common ones are when hot work...

Enclosed Space Accidents Enclosed space accidents are very common on board ships. Such accidents occur mainly when the ship’s crew enters...

1. The ships speed over the water The squat varies approximately directly as the speed over the water in knots squared. Squat occurs even...

Maximum Ship Squat increases. Mean bodily sinkage increases. The ship will generally develop extra trim by the bow or the stern....

Bernoulli’s law and continuity law In order to understand the effect of a solid bank or wall on the behavior of moving ships along it, it...

It is sometimes apparent that a ship when using stern power in the close proximity of solid jetties, banks or shallow water will "cut"...

LOADING OPERATION ON TANKERS GENERAL CHECKLIST · Loading plan will be prepared by Chief Officer and discussed with all concerned...

Following three operations involve replacement of existing gas inside cargo tanks: (a) Inerting (b) Purging (c) Gas-freeing In...

CENTRIFUGAL PUMPS WHAT IS THE PRINCIPLE OF WORKING OF A CENTRIFUGAL PUMP? Ans. The principle used for centrifugal pump is the centrifugal...