This article discusses about the oily water separator, which is very important auxiliary machinery on board ship. Basically, oily water separator is used in order to treat the bilge waters, so as to avoid any type of oil getting into the sea with water. It can be considered as waste water treatment. So let’s see what we have here. […]
What is STCW Chapter VII and why is it important? STCW stands for Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers. It is an international convention adopted by the International Maritime Organization (IMO) in 1978 to establish minimum standards for seafarers’ competence and qualifications. The STCW Convention has been revised and amended several times, most […]
This article discusses about the Saturday routines or Weekly checks on ship that you need to carry out every week for crucial machineries like fire pumps etc. In this post we will see the comprehensive list of some of those crucial activities that we carry out onboard every week. Saturday routines (may be Friday checks also), are called as weekly […]
