Lifeboat releasing mechanisms

Fire & Safety


There are different types of lifeboats used on board a ship on the basis of the type of ship and other special requirements. Not all the lifeboats have the same type of releasing mechanisms, for the launching of a lifeboat depends on several other factors. In this article, we will take a look at the main types of “lifeboat releasing mechanisms”.

Shipboard Testing of Ballast Water Management Systems

Regulations


Shipboard Testing is a full-scale test of a complete BWMS carried out on board a ship according to IMO Guidelines, to confirm that the system meets the standards set by regulation D-2 of the Convention. In this article, we try to express the shipboard testing as the final step in receiving the type approval certificate by taking the IMO guidelines.

Nautical Publications & IMO Instruments Requirements

Regulations


The Maritime Safety Committee, at its eighty-first session (10 to 19 May 2006), and the Marine Environment Protection Committee, at its fifty-third session (18 to 22 July 2005), in order to give guidance on the carriage of publications on board ships, approved the IMO requirements on carriage of publications on board ships as set out in the article. The publications (regardless of formats) which to be kept onboard ships are listed in below table.