In a recent accident happened in maritime sector, a UK pilot named Francesco Galia, died while transfer operations from boat to the merchant ship. The highly skilled pilot lost his and is not the alone incident happened so far. Every year such cases of fatal and non-fatal accidents do happens with the pilots all around […]
1. A few valves on the valve chest of a bilge pump, on the suction side, need urgent repair/renewal. Write a letter to the owner asking for spares, clearly indicating the type of valve, the components required and the approximate time for the repair. 2. Suggest some means of aligning a pump and its drive […]
Shipping hub Singapore has revised the requirements for the crew change in their latest circular. Just for the information of the readers, 6000+ crew changes have been carried out at this port city in the lockdown phase. Following are some of the changes in the requirements: Now ship can sail off after port clearances and […]
