An initial survey of a passenger ship shall consist of a complete inspection of the ship's structure, machinery and equipment, including the outside of the ship's bottom and the inside and outside of the boilers, such as to ensure that the arrangements, materials and scantlings of the structure, boilers and other pressure vessels and their appurtenances, main and auxiliary machinery, electrical installation, radio installations including those used in life-saving appliances, fire protection, fire safety systems and appliances, life-saving appliances and arrangements, shipborne navigational equipment, nautical publications, means of embarkation for pilots, lights, shapes, means of making sound and distress signals and other equipment fully comply with the requirements of the relevant regulations, and that the workmanship of all parts of the ship and its equipment is in all respects satisfactory.

Running a ship aground intentionally to avoid a collision, e. g. in a canal.

Ship classification is to ensure that the structural strength of the ship and the reliability of its equipment are in accordance with the rules of the classification society, whereas ISM is to ensure that safety and pollution-prevention activities in a Company and its ships are in accordance with a documented safety management system that meets the requirements of the ISM Code.

The country of primary registration, the ship's name under the primary register, and (on the back) the owner's name and address in the country of primary registration, and the bareboat charterer's name and address.

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(1) Oil, oily mixture, oil fuel or crude oil (as defined in MARPOL Annex I);

There shall not be implied in any contract of carriage of goods by sea to which the Hague-Visby Rules apply under the Act any absolute undertaking (i. e. a guarantee) by the carrier to provide a seaworthy ship. However, the carrier still has the clear obligation to exercise, before and at the beginning of the voyage, due diligence to make the ship seaworthy, properly man, equip and supply her, and make her holds, refrigerating and cool chambers, and all other parts of the ship in which goods are carried, fit and safe for their reception, carriage and preservation.

A counter-piracy plan. This should cover: (1) The need for enhanced watch keeping; 

MGN 420 - Measures to Counter Piracy, Armed Robbery and other Acts of Violence against Merchant Shipping. It has been replaced by MGN 440.

Either before delivery of the cargo is made at the destination, or partially or wholly in advance of carriage, or on signing bills of lading, depending on what has been agreed in the charter party. In the liner trades it is normally pre-paid by the shipper and the bill of lading is marked accordingly. 

To cover the deck cargo by an "on deck" bill of lading expressly recording the deck stowage, and to insert (i. e. stamp) on the face of the bill of lading a clause disclaiming liability for loss or damage, howsoever caused.

No. COSWP advises that he can resign or the crew can elect another in his place. Otherwise he remains a safety representative for as long as he serves on the ship.

(1) COSPAS-SARSAT, an international satellite-based search-and-rescue system which uses polar-orbiting satellites to transmit to rescue co-ordination centres a vessel's identification and accurate location from anywhere in the world; 

When: (1) a Company is newly established; 

A copy of the ship's Record of Record of Particulars Relating to Conditions of Assignment should be used as a checklist of items that the surveyor will inspect, so as to ensure that, as far as practicable, every listed item is in the same good order as it was when freeboards were first assigned.