A new mate joined a small inland passenger vessel for his first day of work. That same day, with the new mate (OOW) at the
A small general cargo vessel in ballast was to enter a port to load logs with drafts fore and aft at 3.5m and 4m respectively,
The crew of an LNG tanker were in process of lowering the fast rescue boat (FRB). The FRB was nearly 6.5m in length, weighed 2,200
A vessel was to berth port side. Four crew were working at the aft manoeuvring station, two of whom had VHF radios in contact with the
A vessel that had been assisted by a tug was preparing to let go the tow. In preparation for letting go, seaman 1 ran the
A general cargo vessel was making way in a busy traffic separation scheme (TSS). A bulk carrier was abaft the vessel’s starboard beam at a
Before arrival, the Master conducted a meeting to brief officers on the mooring plan and the constraints at the port. The vessel, an 85,000 ton
The issue of stability, and especially damage stability of passenger ships, has been frequently re-visited. This has been so, not due to the number of
On a clear night, a small feeder ship with controllable pitch power (CP) was brought out of a restricted port in order to shift berth
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