International Maritime Dangerous Goods (IMDG) refer to the goods or substances that are classified as dangerous or hazardous when transported by sea. The IMDG Code is the international guideline for the safe transportation of dangerous goods by sea. international maritime dangerous goods The IMDG Code classifies dangerous goods into different classes, based on their nature […]
Get to know about Drills On board Merchant Vessels like Abandon Ship, Fire Drills, Man Overboard Drill, Oil / Chemical Spills, Enclosed Space Entry, Flooding, Collision, Grounding Drills, Blackout Training, Emergency Steering Drill. A Drill is an exercise performed on board (or during training ashore) which may be supervised by a competent authority or personnel. Mostly Such exercises are specialized […]
Electrical propulsion on ships has been discussed in this article in detail. Electric propulsion is used mostly on passenger vessels or Cruise lines and other small vessels. But with emissions norms becoming stringent, they will make their way into merchant shipping as well. Electrical propulsion has lot of advantages over the internal combustion engines which […]
