situations ranging from canceling your vacation because of illness or family emergency‚ to becoming ill while onboard‚ to having to be airlifted off the ship because of medical emergency. On one cruise‚ I became ill the day before the cruise and was very ill by the time everyone was ready for supper that evening. I had to spend the night in the ships’ hospital where I incurred a bill of $995. The travel insurance I purchased paid the bill 100%. While I have been on a total of eight cruises between
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10‚000 Francs per package or unit or 30 Francs per kilo of the gross weight of the goods whichever was the higher. The defendants had the machinery transhipped in Holland upon a Norwegian vessel. Upon discharge of the cargo in Bonaire‚ and due to negligence of the carrier‚ the cargo was dropped and sustained damage amounting to about 22‚000pounds. The plaintiff had ‘The Hollandia’‚ another one of the defendant’s vessels‚ seized in a United Kingdom port upon a writ in rem for this damage. The defendant
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Dunnage - is any type of material used to protect the ship and the cargo. Generally‚ rough finished‚ low-grade lumber is used‚ but you can also use burlap‚ cardboard‚ heavy paper‚ and metal battens. The main function of dunnage is to make the cargoan integral part of the ship thereby protecting both the ship and the cargo. Dunnage has the following specific uses: PREVENTS CHAFING—Dunnage prevents one article from robbing against another. PREVENTS MOVEMENT—also shows dunnage between
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I 1.1 PORTS OVERVIEW Ports are points of convergence between two domains of freight circulation‚ land and maritime domains. The term port came from the Latin word “portus”‚ which means gate or gateway. Ports are bound by the need to serve ships‚ and so access to navigable water has been historically the most important site consideration. Ports can be classified in two categories; Mono-functional port and Polyfunctional port. Monofunctional ports transit a limited array of commodities
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What do you do in the Navy? For some‚ the answer can be as simple as “I fly planes” or‚ “I drive ships.” If the answer is‚ “I’m a Strategic Sealift Officer‚” you may have some more explaining to do. Whether its family‚ friends‚ or other sailors‚ I have yet to find a solid “one-liner” explanation of what my Navy job is going to be‚ but that may not be such a bad thing. Strategic Sealift Officers must earn and maintain two things: a reserve commission and a Coast Guard license as a deck or engine
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be divided by the volume of space being loaded. L= Broken Stowage percentage V= Volume of space v= volume of cargo stowed (V − v ) *100 V L= c. To find how many long tons will fit in a space‚ subtract the estimated broken stowage percentage (in decimal form) from one‚ multiply this figure by the Volume of the space in cubic feet and divide the result by the stowage factor of the cargo. V (1 − L ) f T= Longs tons to fill the space V= Volume of the space L= broken stowage percentage T=
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Comprehensive knowledge in all Ship Brokering & Operations including ‚ Documentation‚ S&P ‚ Ship’s performances‚ Contracts‚ rates‚ Charter Parties‚ Stowage factor‚ Stowage Plan‚ Cargo properties. Handled all Cargoes‚ Iron ore‚ Steel‚ Scrap‚ Sugar‚ edible Cargo‚ Rice ‚ Wheat‚ Pulses‚ Grains‚ etc. Well versed with Commercial Shipping. • Extensive experience in dealing with all carriers including Panamax‚ Handymax‚ Cape Size and general cargo vessels‚ worked with
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Refinery in South-East Asia CHALLENGE This refinery had a problem with the accuracy of crude oil inventory measurement. The inventory must be closely monitored so that the tanks are not overfilled and there is no spillage during transfers from cargo ships and during inter-tank transfers. This customer also had difficulties with tracking changes in crude oil inventory with the volume calculation based on manual checks and calculations. Cause of Problem Each tank has a single 14-inch still-pipe on
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Kong‚ where owners of Hong Kong ships are not required to pay any tax on profits made overseas and are also exempted from paying any tax on profit made on cargo uplifted from Hong Kong. 3. What do you think of the company’s policy of not operation ships over 15 years old? Based on your analysis‚ should the firm scrap the new ship at 15 years of age or continue operating it till age 25? Your analysis of Q2 should also factor in firm’s “optimal” decision when the ship is 15 years old. Answers: Q 1:
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show good seamanship by making the decisions on behalf of his ship and its cargo. However‚ subsequent investigations found that the master had exhibited poor seamanship. This included the mistake of not attributing sufficient seariousness to the weather warnings that he had received and also the decision to ride out the storm at anchor‚ as well as failing to ballast the ship for rough weather. It is important to note that all 50 ships in the harbour at the time had received weather warnings several
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