Shipboard Operations

by H I Lavery

Overview

This book covers the knowledge of shipboard operations required by candidates for professional qualification as Chief Officer and Master Mariner. It deals with the basic routines and procedures, and the many regulations governing their use, for the safe and efficient operation of merchant ships. The book is also designated a fundamental text for the Maritime Transport paper of the Chartered Institute of Transport's membership examinations. The second edition takes into account recent developments in technology and regulation, and in particular covers major international legislation on Safety of Life at Sea and on Maritime Pollution as well as recent UK regulations on occupational health and safety and on operation of ro-ro ferries.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781135386337
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	10/11/2013
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	320
File size:	10 MB

About the Author

H I Lavery

Table of Contents

Operational safety; Safety legislation; Corrosion prevention; Planned maintenance; Oil tankers - cargo operations; Oil tankers - routine operations; Cargoes which are intrinsically dangerous; Cargoes which have a large potential for shifting;
Examination preparations and techniques; Index.