The vessel was to berth port side to. Four crew were working at the aft manoeuvring station, two of whom had VHF radios in contact
A small cargo vessel was on a coastal passage and proceeding at full sea speed. At midnight, the Master, one of the two watchkeepers on
A cargo ship was to discharge a cargo of copper sulphide concentrate and hatch covers of cargo holds No. 1 and No. 3 were opened
As the master of a container feeder vessel on the North African trade, my crew and I are ever vigilant against stowaways who make desperate
While doing pressure testing of cargo hoses on a tanker ship, the junior officer who was part of the testing team got seriously injured when
An oil tanker was approaching an anchored ‘mother vessel’ on her starboard side in order to perform a STS operation. The weather conditions were ideal and
A chemical tanker was instructed to load 2000 tonnes of crude sulphate turpentine (CST), a Category X cargo under MARPOL Annex II. The cargo was
An oil tanker was discharging at an Asian oil terminal. Simultaneously, the vessel was being inspected by a vetting inspector and the owner’s superintendent was
A container vessel loaded some containers of Aluminium Phosphide (IMDG Class 4.3, UN No. 1397) from an Asian port. The consignment used plastic bags as
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