Lessons learned from an incident where, a passenger seriously injured after falling down stairwell.
The risk involved with bulk shipments of scrap ferrous metal.
A bulk shipments of scrap ferrous metal (iron and steel) bring risks involving heating, flammable gas production and fires, which shares potential problems with all types of scrap ferrous metals as follows:
IMO has signed a €2 million agreement with Germany to boost implementation of the Yaoundé Code of Conduct (YCC), under which countries in West and Central Africa have committed to tackle piracy, armed robbery against ships, and illicit maritime activity in the region.
When preparing the pre-stow plan, the first thing to do is to check what load line zone/area the ship is in throughout the voyage, and then to calculate the deadweight according to the restricted draught and water density of the (un)load port or channel, argues Captain Zhao Qingwei.