Seafarer's handbook
Conventions, codes and onboard rules explained the way interviews and CES tests ask about them — key numbers, common traps, self-check questions.
MLC 2006 in plain words: contract, wages, rest, leave, repatriation and complaints
The Maritime Labour Convention is the seafarer's bill of rights: the contract you sign, your wages, your hours of rest, your leave, the…
STCW in plain words: regulations II/1 to VI/6, sea time, revalidation and hours of rest
Every certificate in a seafarer's folder carries a regulation number — II/1, III/2, VI/1 — and a crewing manager reads those numbers faster…
COLREG in plain words: who gives way, lights, sound signals and interview questions
COLREG — the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea — are the rules of the road at sea: who gives way, which lights and…
SOLAS in plain words: drills, life-saving appliances and interview questions
SOLAS is the convention behind the muster list on the bulkhead, the lifejacket in your cabin and the alarm that calls you to a drill on a…
ISGOTT in plain words: gas, static, the ship/shore checklist and interview questions
ISGOTT — the International Safety Guide for Oil Tankers and Terminals — is the book every oil tanker and every oil terminal works by. It is…
MARPOL in plain words: the six annexes, the key numbers and interview questions
MARPOL is the convention behind the oily water separator, the colour-coded garbage bins and the fuel changeover before an emission control…