Main description:

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.

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.