In general, this publication by MarineInsight team shows the reader the nautical science opposed to marine engineering making it easier for him to compare and choose. You will see the engine and deck departments compared to each other, learn how to become deck officer, get familiarized with the common hierarchy in deck department, get knowledge on the important documents, courses and books for deck officers as well as further studies options, know some operation and ship navigation resources.

Prepared by the recognized industry experts, the publication will be of great practical use for all crew members in general and deck officer in particular. You do not actually have to be part of the seagoing team to be interested in the matters addressed in this volume - in fact even the students and just marine enthusiasts are showing their interest in everything relating to the life and work at sea.

This Reference Guide is the product of many years of work carried out in reliance on two inter-related premises. The document is covering all valuable contributions made by the relevant decisions of the World Court which is considered the major judicial organ of the UN and the most senior court of the world having a broadest possible material jurisdiction, to the sea law development forming one of integral parts of the global peace and security system.

The present publication will definitely be very useful to all scholars and professionals working in this field. It will serve as a truly indispensable addition to any collection of materials. The content of the book has already been very well met and appreciated by the industry specialists from all around the world so it can be recommended to all readers willing to be in kept in the loop of the latest happenings to the law of the sea.

As the title implies, this short video film is intended to provide the crew members of the vessels as well as all other interested persons with some basic training on the launching of the marine inflatable liferafts, namely ones requiring the davits for launching. Such liferafts are the the important and integral part of the lifesaving appliances set of any vessel.

The number and capacity of the liferafts is governed by SOLAS Convention. The proper training is very important since the qualified crew will be one of the security blankets providing safe launching and subsequent survival of the ship personnel and passengers in case of the disaster.

Thorough and deep understanding of the construction of every single piece of lifesaving equipment and associated appliances is one of the key factors that may play a critically important role. Every crew member shall be aware of the lifesaving arrangements on board and get familiarized with their working principles, be able to launch and operate them.

We would recommend to watch this video to every crew member; however, it will be good even to the people not normally sailing but visiting the ships and offshore installations on a regular basis - you never know what may happen and would better be prepared for the worst case scenario - who knows may be you will be the one to save your own life and the lives of people on board.

The Costa Serena is one of the most easily recognized and popular cruise vessels and an integral part of the award-winning green fleet. She costs almost half-a-billion euros and is capable of carrying almost 3800 passengers on board in a safe and perfectly comfortable manner. The one thousand crew members, all of them spending most of their lives at sea.

Now after summer, the ship is facing a brand new challenge, namely a honeymoon season. And now this crew has to be on high alert. The present video was made to demonstrate the life of a cruise vessel as never shown and seen before. The coming weeks the team of authors of this video will spend testing this five-star floating city. This is Cruise Ship Diaries...

A recommended video for all people involved in the shipping industry, particularly cruise shipping as the professional; however, the content will be equally interested even to non-marine people planning to undertake a sea voyage on board a cruise vessel for the first time and searching for the information in this regard...

Corinthian Yachtsman, or Hints on Yachting, the classic, old and quite rare book, a real windfall for everyone who are interested in both yachting and boating. The topics covered are: Yachting as a national sport; Progress on naval architecture; Buying and building; Concluding a purchase; Yachts' boats; Navigation; Preparing to start; Handling yachts; Extended cruises; Racing. Digitized by Google.

As you can see, the release date of this publication was more than a century ago. However, the hints and practical tips collected by the author for inclusion in this classic volume remain actual and useful even today as they are based on the mechanics, physics of sailing as well as on the deep understanding of the logic and philosophy of boating and yachting that remained and will remain unchanged for centuries...

The present training software is representing the tenth release of the world famous "Marks' Standard Handbook for Mechanical Engineers". The paper copy of the book has been already appreciated by the engineers from all around the world and found to be one of the best available engineering publications ever.

The content of the handbook is really very useful, making it the comprehensive reference book for engineers of literally any field. The authors of this book had two major objectives when preparing it. First one was to update and modernize the contents, and the second declared objective was to hold to the absolutely highest standard that has been maintained for more than eighty years by the previous editors.

The Marks' Standard Handbook is intended to aim the students and practicing engineers in their everyday operations and is the result of joint collaboration of fifty recognized industry professionals. There is no doubt that this software shall definitely be installed on the computer of every single engineer including mechanical and marine engineers. Thanks to the professionalism of the contributors and developers of this program, it is covering everything and contains all information the engineers may need.

Nearly thirty years back a Liberian chemical tanker had a massive explosion followed with the fire near the coast of Central Japan. The tanker was carrying about twenty six thousand tons of chemicals, including seven thousand tons of highly toxic acrylonitrile plus various amounts of caustic soda and methanole. Subject explosion had such a great magnitude that the ship's crew was not able to send a distress signal.

Fire and rescue teams could not board the ship due to toxic gases, fire, and series of continuing explosions. The tanker burned for about five days before sinking. Regretfully, all twenty-three crew members were killed... The safe handling of nitriles is critically important to everyone involved in nitriles operations.

The health effects that are commonly associated with the explosion of these chemicals are always very severe and possibly life threatening. However, we can eliminate or at least limit the risks if we become fully aware of the factors leading to the unsafe conditions. The information presented in this training film will be of great practical benefit to the people whose working activity is connected with the nitriles - they will get a lot of really useful information using which they will be able to arrange safe transportation of subject cargoes.

The element of Design has always been deservedly considered to be one of the most important factors in all good work, and in fact nothing is more essential in all Construction than that there shall first be Design, which simply means that every necessary detail shall be reviewed, put on paper, and approved before the materials necessary for the contemplated work are touched.

Design is especially necessary even in the most elementary forms of Naval architecture, as when the lines of a boat are laid down on paper, not only is the form of the intended craft more clearly seen, but an opportunity is commonly afforded for the correction and alteration of any details which are shown by the drawings to be detrimental to the success of the boat designed.

The present publication is a true classic that is why we would recommend it to be possessed in the library of every yacht designer, yacht constructor and yachter. The text part of this rare and still popular volume by Fred Cozzens is supplemented with more than a hundred illustrations making it much easier to catch the idea. The whole history of yacht building and yachting have been covered in the book, starting from the very early days of the NY Yacht Club.