DNV Class A Certification for a GMDSS Simulator: What It Means and How to Check It
Anyone evaluating a GMDSS simulator for a training school soon runs into the same phrase: "DNV certified, Class A". It...
GMDSS Operator Exam: What to Study for the Restricted and the General Certificate
To operate the radio of a ship fitted with the GMDSS (Global Maritime Distress and Safety System) you need an...
Crossing situation at sea: who gives way under the COLREGs (Rules 15, 16 and 17)
Two vessels are navigating in sight of one another on courses that intersect, and the distance between them is closing....
Sea Areas A1, A2, A3 and A4: What Radio Equipment the GMDSS Requires in Each
If a shipowner, a student or the head of a maritime academy looks up what radio equipment a ship needs,...
Navigation lights: how to tell which way a ship is heading at night
Navigation lights are first learned as a catalogue, and rightly so: until you know what the vessel is, there is...
Man overboard: the first sixty seconds are not the manoeuvre
In training courses, "man overboard" is a manoeuvre. It gets drawn on the board, each variant has its own name,...