1. Offshore Supply Vessels
(Mariners Education/Vessel Types)

An Offshore Supply Vessel (OSV) is a ship specially designed to supply offshore oil platforms. These ships range from 65 to 350 feet in length and accomplish a variety of tasks. The primary function ...

2. SOLAS
(Mariners Education/Safety)

The International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) is the most important treaty protecting the safety of merchant ships. The first version of the treaty was passed in 1914 in response ...

3. IMO
(Mariners Education/Safety)

... regulatory framework for shipping and its remit today includes safety, environmental concerns, legal matters, technical co-operation, maritime security and the efficiency of shipping. IMO is governed ...

4. STCW-95
(Mariners Education/Safety)

... merchant ships. STCW was adopted in 1978 by conference at the International Maritime Organization (IMO) in London and entered into force in 1984. The Convention was significantly amended in 1995. The ...

5. Planning Passages
(Mariners Education/Navigation)

... to the ship's navigator. Studies show that human error is a factor in 80 percent of navigational accidents and that in many cases the human making the error had access to information that could have ...

6. Navigational History
(Mariners Education/Navigation)

... the side wings of a vessel called Plava, which give stability to the ship under storm conditions. A compass, Matsya yantra, was used for navigation in the fourth and fifth century AD. The earliest known ...

7. Marine Navigation
(Mariners Education/Navigation)

... or DR, in which one advances a prior position using the ship's course and speed. The new position is called a DR position. It is generally accepted that only course and speed determine the DR position. ...

8. Seamanship
(Category)