Usually a company or firm of port agents, loss adjusters, brokers, merchants, etc. closely involved with shipping.

At 31 December 2012: (1) The Black Sea area; and (2) the Red Sea area.

A record in the new form of Garbage Record Book (GRB) introduced with the new Annex V regulations on 1 January 2013. For questions on the GRB see Section D. )

In policies to which the Institute Time Clauses - Hulls (1/10/83) (1/10/83) are attached, the shipowner often gives a warranty that the ship will trade "within Institute Warranty Limits" (IWLs). 

A deductible is a claim value which must be reached before the claim will be met by the insurer, in other words the amount of the loss which the assured must bear himself If, for example, the cost of repairing grounding damage is $100, 000 and the deductible is $40, 000, the insurer will pay $60, 000 only. 

The UK does not claim an EEZ and does not recognise claims to EEZs exceeding 200 nautical miles. (Fishing can be controlled in the UK's 200-mile extended fishing zone, while offshore oil and gas are controlled on the UK continental shelf.)

A record should be retained on board to show that the training has been given.

For the same reasons as a person hiring a motor vehicle would stipulate what type, size, power, etc. of vehicle he wanted for the hire period. Time charterers require a hired vessel for a specific purpose, and it must generally closely match their technical requirements.

A zone bounding a coastal State's territorial sea in which the State may exercise the control necessary to: (1) prevent infringement of its customs, fiscal, immigration or sanitary laws and regulations within its territory or territorial sea; and (2) punish infringement of these laws and regulations committed within its territory or territorial sea.

In addition to Basic Tanker training, an MCA-approved specialised tanker training programme (oil, chemical or liquefied gas, as appropriate), plus at least 3 months' sea service in a tanker of the appropriate type.

(1) The issue of alternative certificates shall not be used in itself to reduce the number of crew on board, to lower the integrity of the profession or "de-skill" seafarers, or to justify the assignment of the combined duties of the engine and deck watchkeeping officers to a single certificate holder during any particular watch. 

Paragraph 21 of IMO AIS Guidelines states: "If the master believes that the continual operation of AIS might compromise the safety or security of his/her ship or where security incidents are imminent, the AIS may be switched off."

Reg. 6 of the revised MARPOL Annex VI requires that the volume of low sulphur fuel oils in each tank as well as the date, time, and position of the ship when any fuel-oil-change-over operation is completed prior to the entry into an Emission Control Area or commenced after exit from such an area, is recorded in "such log-book as prescribed by the flag State Administration". Also, under reg. 18.8.1, the representative sample must be sealed and signed by the supplier's representative and the master or officer in charge of the bunker operation on completion of bunkering operations and retained under the ship's control until the fuel oil is substantially consumed, but in any case for a period of not less than 12 months from the time of delivery.

No. However, the MCA GMDSS Radio Log lists on its front the daily, weekly and monthly tests of radio equipment which have to be recorded.

A record must be made in the "Musters, Drills and Training" page of the Official Log Book of the relevant circumstances and the extent of any muster, drill or training session held.