In Admiralty List of Radio Signals, Volume 6. This list should be kept up to date from Weekly Notices to Mariners.
What are the UK requirements for carriage of a Search and Rescue Co-operation Plan?
Under The Merchant Shipping (Safety of Navigation) Regulations 2002, all UK passenger ships, and other passenger ships in UK waters must carry an MCA- approved Search and Rescue Co-operation Plan (sometimes called a SARCO Plan), as described in MSN 1783. The plan must be agreed with the SAR service(s) relevant to the ship's area(s) of operation. Plan formats are shown in MSN 1783. (See also DISTRESS INCIDENTS in Section H.)
What are the two convention texts on which the master's duty to render assistance to people in distress is based?
UNCLOS article 98(1) provides that "every State shall require the master of a ship flying its flag, in so far as he can do so without serious danger to the ship, the crew or the passengers:
The Hague- Visby Rules will not normally cover cargo shipped on deck Under what circumstances will the Hague- Visby Rules cover a deck cargo?
(1) If cargo which should have been stowed under deck is stowed on deck; or (2) if a bill of lading in respect of cargo which should have been shipped on deck does not clearly mention the deck carriage on its face.
What advice to masters about receipts is included in a Cargo Record Book?
Ships' masters should obtain from the operator of the reception facilities, which include barges and tank trucks, a receipt or certificate specifying the quantity of tank washing's transferred, together with the time and date of the transfer. The receipt or certificate should be kept together with the Cargo Record Book.
What does UK law require employers to insure against in respect of their employees?
Liability for bodily injury or disease sustained by employees during the course of their employment.
What general areas are covered by MGN 332?
General legal obligations and what employers must do; regular maintenance; training; records of lifting equipment; and Code of Safe Practices for Merchant Seamen.
All spaces in the dedicated pages of an Official Log Book for steering gear tests and drills have been used. How should further steering gear entries be made until the time for closing and disposing of the OLB?
Additional hand-written or computer-generated sheets should be drawn up with the same layout as the dedicated OLB pages for steering gear tests and drills.
What is CSR Form 1?
A form headed "Continuous Synopsis Record Document Number... for the Ship with IMO Number...", often called the CSR Document. In the format originally prescribed in 2003 by Resolution A. 959(23), Form 1 had 13 entry boxes. Latest forms, as prescribed by MSC. 198(80), have 16 entry boxes.
What is an example of a shipping- related possessory lien in English law?
The lien of a carrier on cargo carried (and which is still in his possession) for freight, general average and expenses incurred in protecting the cargo.
What are "incinerator ashes" defined as in the revised MARPOL Annex V?
Ash and clinkers resulting from shipboard incinerators used for the incineration of garbage.
What is a bailee, and when does a shipmaster become a bailee?
A person to whom goods are transferred for safe keeping and/or carriage by another person (called the bailor). The master becomes a bailee whenever goods are shipped for carriage or for storage.
What Emission Control Area (ECA) entered into force on 1 August 2011 and came into effect on 1 August 2012?
The North American ECA for NO2, SO2 and Particulate Matter, which was adopted in March 2010.
What is an average adjuster?
An expert in the law and practice of marine insurance and general average who prepares claims under marine insurance policies involving loss of or damage to vessels, their cargoes and freight. Average adjusters also prepare general average statements and arrange settlements according to these statements.
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