Ship Handling & Navigation

Take a time going through this nice practical guide released to explain and illustrate how the duly performed shipboard surveys can seriously reduce the risks of cargo shortages and contamination claims that commonly arise from loading/discharging of the crude oils plus various petroleum products.

The authors of this booklet are recommending a broad range of both qualitative and quantitative recording/monitoring techniques proven effective; such techniques should assist in identification of the potential loss of cargo and contamination problems at their earliest stages and also to reduce the costs that are associated with the remedy. This guide has been specifically designed to be used together with the industry guidelines and different recognized standards, for examples ones issued by the API. The authors have also provided valuable advice on the avoidance of the errors in the course of the calibration of vessel. They have also given some recommendations relating to the shipboard operating and also logging procedures.

All confusing terms and acronyms that are usually associated with the transportation of oil cargoes have been clearly explained. The publication has been prepared by Anthony Severn who is an internationally recognized expert on oil cargo claims commonly arising from the sea transportation and custody transfer of the crude oils and associated products. 

The book is mainly meant for designers of new drive mechanisms; however, it also provides a valuable practical explanation of the way in which the different mechanisms described here work. The book contains interesting chapters covering hydraulic energy converters, hydraulic energy control (conductive part), piping and fluids of the conductive part, hydraulic accumulators and fluid conditioners, AC induction machines, control technology, both closed-loop and open-loop linear drives, heave compensation, rotation drives, subsea drives, and safety design rules.

According to the opinions of the readers, the publication will give you all information you may need related to the heave compensation offshore. It covers literally all aspects starting from the materials of the cylinder rods and up to the electrical motors, and all that is in addition to the hydraulic information providing which is the general intent. since the motion control is applied in so many installations including subsea and offshore, proper understanding of the its underlying theoretical principles and implementation is very important for safe and efficient operation of subject installations.

This technical publication was prepared by Michael Hancox and subsequently published by Oilfield Publications Ltd.; it belongs to the famous "The Oilfield Seamanship" series of publications. As the name of the document implies, this one is dedicated to the anchor handling techniques, i.e. to the one of the most important sides of the commonly conducted offshore operations.

Apart from the opening introductory chapter, the book includes parts covering equipment layout and function, running and retrieving anchors, rigging for anchor handling operations, handling chains, support mooring operations, bat-barge cooperation, equipment maintenance, safety procedures etc.

The publication is expected to be of great practical use to ship Masters and, in fact, every crew member involved in the anchor handling operations at the oilfields as it describes in detail all related operations from the AHTS view point offering quite fresh look at this matter. The content of the volume is covering the majority of the offshore operations but it should be noted that the methods that have been described here are not only considered means some particular aim. Numerous shortcuts provided by the author will definitely be appreciated by all participants of the subject activities.

The publication provides seafarers and all other interested readers with a necessary practical guidance to the deck skills. The book starts with the chapter dedicated to the handling of ropes covering fiber rope and wire rope, tie of rope, splices for the three- and eight-strand and double braided rope, and of wires. The second chapter addresses the canvas works including tools, measuring and cutting, and sewing.

Third chapter of the Guide is dealing with the chipping and painting, including all associated safety equipment. Fourth chapter of the book provides the information on mooring and unmooring, covering the mooring line, anchor work, mooring to conventional buoy and to SBM, accommodation ladders and greasing the deck machinery. The fifth chapter titled Working Aloft covers the safety measures and boatswain's chair plus stage board.

Remaining three chapters of the Guide are dealing with the pilot ladder, including required arrangements for the pilot, emergent repair of these ladders, and making a ladder, repair works including ballast and cargo valves, emergency repairs to piping arrangements, air motors and facet plus door locks, and tools commonly used on deck - i.e. everything the crew members working on deck shall be aware of.

The latest edition of one of the most popular and demanded navigational publications in the world, deservedly considered a quintessential one for any navigator. The book is excellent when used for learning and for reviewing the theory. The set contains both first and second volumes of the book. The content is full of details and is perfectly informative.

An easy to read book covering absolutely everything navigators need to know. he coverage of the maritime terminology is truly impressive. The original edition of the Navigator was released more than a century ago, in 1802, and for all this time the publication has been treated a Bible of navigation. The text of the Navigator has significantly evolved since then to reflect the latest advances in navigation techniques and practices and continues to be the invaluable reference source for modern marine navigation.

The factors and principles of marine navigation are described in details, including traditional celestial navigation and modern electronic navigation, plotting, inertial navigation, meteorology, RF navigation techniques, satellite navigation, polar and ice navigation and many other matters. There are numerous data tables provided with the information required for the navigational calculations. In short, this is a must have book for any navigator.

This is a good and useful supplementary material to those who want to get clear idea on the methods applied to the mooring force analysis. The document was developed by the United States Naval Academy. The publication opens with the intro describing the purpose and background, followed by the United States Coast Guard Incident Data and compilation of the real life findings from the numerous actual cases.

Nowadays, the maritime shipping industry experiences the traffic and blockage issues with the deep draft navigation; another challenge is the vessel berths located close to the transiting ships. That is why it is an important task to carry out the proper investigation of the occurrences of the ship mooring breakaways caused by the passing ships. There are three groups of methods used for the mooring force analysis, namely analytical methods, numerical methods, and physical methods.

In turn, the physical methods include experimental or model scale, full scale and forensic, or evidentiary methods. The document is prepared in the form of presentation and is recommended to the students of the shipping related specialties as well as to the other people with the interest in the subject.

This is the revised edition of the official OCIMF publication, superseding the original release of their "Anchoring Systems and Procedures for Large Tankers". It will provide reader with all necessary guidance and relevant recommendation to promote the safe operation as well as satisfactory operational performance of the anchoring systems normally installed on board ships.

The revision of the publication was considered necessary due to the significantly increased number of incidents that involved failures in windlass motors, anchor losses and associated injuries of the crew members. That is why the decision was made by the experts to get the content of the first edition revised and make it reflect the improved information related to the effective anchoring practices and also to recognize the developments made in the field of anchor systems in the past years.

The authors of the volume have highlighted all design capabilities together with the associated limitations imposed on these systems and equipment with the ultimate intention to enhance the operational safety. The guidance provided in the book will apply to vessels the vessels of all types and sizes and will be useful to their crew members.

This quite brief but yet very interesting classic book on ship surveying and navigation was released more than a century ago with the intention of the author to provide students desiring to supplement their study of trigonometry with the reader-friendly course covering its application. The author did not try to cover all of the subjects fully. He rather made an excellent attempt to have his work as accurate as correct as possible.

We hope that the students who afterwards become a ship navigator or starts performing ship surveys will benefit from the content of this volume. Starting with the land surveys, i.e. measurement of lines, angles, areas and placing obstacles, the author then describes the working principle of compass, calculation of the areas and plotting. The transit is covered in a separate chapter including the plain and the engineer's transit, verniers angle measurements etc.

The part of the book devoted to ship navigation is dealing with the variation and deviation, log and knot. middle latitude sailing and in general provides all required information that the students as future navigators shall be aware of before they start sailing. Some supplementary information is also provides, such as the refraction tables used with the solar compass, and other.