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)

... on passenger ships, the International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers (STCW) which establishes basic requirements on training, certification and watchkeeping ...

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. Navigational History
(Mariners Education/Navigation)

... reference to an organization devoted to ships in ancient India is to the Mauryan Empire from the 4th century BCE. Emperor Chandragupta Maurya's Prime Minister Kautilya's Arthashastra devotes a full chapter ...

6. Marine Navigation
(Mariners Education/Navigation)

... must be wound at about the same time each day. Quartz crystal marine chronometers have replaced spring-driven chronometers aboard many ships because of their greater accuracy. They are maintained on ...