... MSC.1/Circ.1609 (the S-mode guidelines). Prior to entering academia, Vu had served as a deck officer on bulk carriers and tankers. His qualifications include B.Sc. in Maritime and River Transport and ...
... from shore and out of reach of helicopters. Fishing equipment installed on deck is dangerous, and accidents related to their operations are numerous. Such work demands more of the physical capability ...
... is included in the training of seafarers’ doctors. Factors related to the working place Comments Department Deck Navigation and manoeuvring tasks, risk of collision, ...
... industry with seismic investigation, drilling or production, in workplaces that could be on mobile or fixed ships or units. Seafarers may work on deck and bridge, in the engine department, in the galley ...
... Hyper Med 1999;26:27-39. Behm D, Power K, White M, LeDez K, Decker D, Drinkwater E. Effects of hyperbaric (6ATA) pressure on voluntary and evoked skeletal muscle contractile properties. Undersea Hyper ...
... may also be an option. Manned platforms, as well as some of the unmanned platforms have a helicopter landing deck where helicopters can land during daylight and sometimes during darkness as well. Wind ...
... and containered food, carried above deck, with bunkered fluids such as Diesel fuel, drilling mud, chemicals, or potable water, below decks. These vessels fulfil a vital necessity in the support of oilfield ...
... fishing vessels, e.g., undecked boats, seafarers are exposed to weather and wind during the whole trip whereas in the large floating factories seafarers may work at a conveyor belt under deck with regular ...
... decks and these areas look and feel very different should the boat turn on its side, or even upside down. Consideration must be given to escape routes if the boat remained upside down (a problem with yachts ...
... MARGARETHA HOLTENSDOTTER LÜTZHÖFT Passenger vessels differ in their crewing from other merchant vessels. In addition to the required deck and engine crew present on all vessels, they also carry a variable ...
... or vessels from non-governmental organizations. Other, even smaller boats are also used, such as the inflatables intended for beach play. In many cases, migrants are stowed under deck in large numbers, ...
... Herald of Free Enterprise The UK flagged ferry, the Herald of Free Enterprise, sank in 1987 when she sailed from Zeebrugge with her bow doors open and water washing into her car deck that compromised ...
... large passenger ship with its many decks and stairways. In an emergency, when the ship is possibly listing to one side, orientation becomes even more difficult, when formerly horizontal passageways suddenly ...
... of proper safety precautions. Typical examples include hot sparks igniting oily rags nearby, or heat being conducted through a steel deck and igniting objects on the other side Accommodation fires caused ...
... in the engine room, on deck, or on the bridge on watch. Sleep debt, i.e. getting less than 7-8 hours of continuous sleep per day, is also associated with reduced energy, apathy, withdrawal and depression. ...
... necessity to adopt stressful postures in confined spaces below deck. Injuries to the distal extremities caused by vibration, high forces or fast repetition of movement with additional risks due to backlash ...
... and is likely to make the structure of the hull vibrate. Other “passive” resonators may be excited, such as the deck, partitions, mast, radar equipment etc. The force transmitted from the propeller ...
... the relevant certification and documentation of the ship and its crew, as well as a check of the overall condition of the ship including the bridge, the accommodation, the main deck and the engine room. ...
... ships require large hatches in the deck for stowing the cargo, which consists of standardized containers usually either 20 or 40 feet in length. These ships may be small coastal ‘feeder’ vessels or vast ...
... chapter are referred to as non-traditional crew. The traditional crew of a ship are divided into three departments: Deck department Engine department Catering (steward’s) department The bridge ...