It would be dishonest for a shipowner not to disclose that his 25-year old vessel had just failed her 5th special survey. If the assured fails to make such disclosure, the insurer may avoid the contract.

The IMSBC Code defines it as a name which identifies a bulk cargo during transport by sea. 

Burials at sea off Scotland have in the past been approved by the FRS Marine Laboratory in locations about 210 miles west of Oban and about 15 miles west of John o' Groats. However, fishing considerations may necessitate changes.

When the loading booklet restricts the ship to carrying solid bulk cargoes with a density of less than 1, 780 kg/'m3 (provided that all reference to carriage of solid bulk cargoes with a density of 1, 780 kg/m3 or more are removed from the loading booklet). The loading booklet must clearly specify that the ship is prohibited from carrying solid bulk cargoes with a density of 1, 780 kg/m3 or more.

Because until the death is registered by the RSS (which can only be done on receipt of the MSF 4605 form), a Certificate of Death cannot be issued by the RSS and the relatives of the deceased cannot make an insurance claim or wind up his estate, etc.

Effective enforcement, by the flag State Administration, of the implementation of international agreements and national regulations that are in force on board the vessels entitled to fly the State's flag, wherever they are. (UNCLOS Article 94 requires that every State effectively exercises its jurisdiction and control in administrative, technical and social matters over ships flying its flag. )

(1) When the ship is operating at a higher security level than the port facility it has notified of its intention to enter;

In Annex 18 to the MCA's SOLAS V- 2002 Publication, which is in the Legislation and Guidance pages of the MCA's website.

(1) The flow-through method, in which replacement ballast water is pumped into a tank or hold allowing water to overflow;

The master should report the accident to: the port State Administration;

The owner and the master will be liable on conviction on indictment, to a fine, and on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum (£5, 000) and to such additional fine as the court thinks fit to impose, having regard to the extent to which the earning capacity of the ship was increased by reason of the contravention, but subject to a maximum amount of £1, 000 for each complete centimeter of overloading, I. e. £5, 000 plus £1, 000 per centimeter.

Ordinary losses and expenses incurred by a shipowner in running his ship and carrying cargoes are not allowed in general average.

PC/UMS Documentation of Total Volume is a certificate that must be obtained by the owner of a ship intended to transit the Panama Canal. 

A summary of class and statutory surveys held or work carried out, with status (e. g. "complete" or "part held"); the date of completion of the survey or work; a list of any items credited for the hull and/or machinery special survey or Continuous Survey of Hull or Continuous Survey of Machinery; the surveyor's recommendations to the society for continuance of class; any "conditions of class now imposed"; any "conditions of class deleted"; the surveyor's signature; the survey port and date.

MHB (Materials Hazardous only in Bulk) are defined as materials which may possess chemical hazards when carried in bulk other than materials classified as dangerous goods in the IMDG Code. The IMSBC Code covers their carriage in Section 9 (Materials possessing chemical hazards).