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Symbols for Valves, Pumps and Electrical Equipment on Ship
When you are making drawings or representing a particular valve of piece of instrument, you cannot draw them every time. For making our life easy we have symbols for representing them, just see it below. Symbols for Valves Pressure Reducing Valve Applications: They are mostly used where we have a demand of reduced pressure. Like […]
Policies Regarding the Extension of Validity of Passports for OFWs
In view of current circumstances arising from the COVID-19 pandemic, DFA-OCA has put in place temporary measures to address the concerns of OFWs, including seafarers, by authorizing the extension of validity for expiring ePassports. Please note that the practice of passport validity extension has been discontinued as a matter of Department policy. This exception is […]
What is Free Surface Effect and How to reduce it
Read about free surface effect in vessels and the methods that are used to reduce the same. If, free surface effect is not corrected, then it posses great threat to the stability of the ship. Tanker ships mostly have problem with this type of effect. Let’s see what it is and how we tackle in real scenarios. Concept of Free […]