VI

SION
Companyenvi
sionsthatall
seaf
arersdepl
oyedarecompli
anttoallSt
atut
oryand
I
nter
nat
ionalr
equir
ement sandneedsofit
scustomersandprinci
pal/shi
powner s
ar
emaintai
nedinaccordancewit
ht hecompany’
scorepurposeandcorevalues.

MISSION
CompanyCor eValuesref
lect
sineveryDSCPersonnelbehavi
ortowar
dsworkwit
h
grat
it
ude,si
nceri
tyandrespectt
otheircust
omer s,
organi
zat
ionandenvi
ronment
.
Theyhighl
yvaluecustomertr
usttothei
roperat
ion.

4pil
l
arsofIMO:
SOLAS:I
nter
nat
ional
Conv
ent
ionf
ort
heSaf
etyofLi
featSea(
speci
fymi
nimum
st
andar
dsf
ort
heconst
ruct
ion,
equi
pmentandoper
ati
onofshi
ps.
)

STCW: I
nter
nat
ionalConvent
iononStandardsofTrai
ning,
Cert
if
icat
ionand
Watchkeepi
ngforSeafar
ers,
1978(keeptheworl
d'
sseasandshi
pssafeforal
l
,incl
udi
ng
t
hecr
ewandt
heenv
ironment
.)

MARPOL73/
78:
Int
ernat
ional
Conv
ent
ionf
ort
hepr
event
ionofPol
l
uti
onf
rom Shi
ps
(
mini
mizepol
l
uti
onoft
heseas,
incl
udi
ngdumpi
ng,
oil
andexhaustpol
l
uti
on)

MLC:
Mar
it
imeLabourConv
ent
ion(
Toensur
ecompr
ehensi
vewor
ldwi
depr
otect
ionof
t
her
ight
sofseaf
arer
sri
ght
s)
COLREGS:
TheI
nter
nat
ional
Regul
ati
onsf
orPr
event
ingCol
l
isi
onsatSea1972
Fi
ret
ri
angl
eandComponent
s–Oxy
gen,
HeatandFuel
Cl
assesofFir
e:
Cl
assA:Combustibl
eMat eri
al(Wood, paper,
cloth)
Cl
assB:Fl
ammabl eLiquid(Gasoli
neorPai nt
s)
Cl
assC:FlammableGases( NaturalGasorpr opane
Cl
assD:Combustibl
eMet al(Metal)
Cl
assE:El
ectri
cal
Fire
Cl
assF:Fi
reonGal l
ey(FatsandCooki ngOil)
AnnexesofMARPOL:
Annex1:OilPol
lut
ionf r
om shi
ps
Annex2:NoxiousLiquidSubst
ances
Annex3:HarmfulSubstancesinPackageFor
m
Annex4:Sewagefrom ships
Annex5:Garbagefrom shi
ps
Annex6:Airpol
lut
ionf r
om shi
ps
Annex7:Ball
astWat erManagement
Col
regsandCol
regsLi
ghtandshapes
Whycapt
ainsCabi
nisal
way
sonst
arboar
dsi
de?Becausecapt
aini
sal
way
sri
ght
Whati
snavi
gat
ion?Navi
gati
onistheartofsci
encei
nmaneuv
eri
ngt
heshi
psf
rom
onepl
acet
oanotheri
nsafestandfast
estwaypossi
ble
Whatisthedi
ffer
encebetweenLATandLONG?
Lati
tudei
stheangulardi
stancef
rom nor
thtosouthmeasur
edf
rom 0*
-90*
Longit
udeist
heangulardist
ancefr
om westtoeastmeasur
edf
rom 0*
-180*
Whatdoy oucallameasureofshipsini
ti
alstabi
li
ty?
GM: (
Met acentr
icHeight
)KM- KG-GM
KM:distancefrom keelt
omet acent
re
KG:heightoftheshipcenterofgrav
ityabovethekeel
G:CenterofGrav i
ty
B:Centerofbuoy ancy
GC:Righti
nglever
ARPA: AutomaticRadarPl ot
tingAid-assessestheri
skofcolli
sion,andenables
operat
ort oseeproposedmaneuv ersbyownshi p.
AIS:AutomaticIdenti
ficat
ionSystem -t
ransmitsaship'
spositi
onsot hatothershi
ps
areawar eofit
sposi t
ion.
ECDIS:Elect
ronicChar tDi
splayandInformati
onSy st
em -toreplacepapercharts
al
togetherandmaket hem obsolete.
RADAR: RadioDet ect
ionandRangi ng-usedtodetectothershipsandlandobstacles
MARPOL-I nt
ernat
ional
Conv ent
ionfort
hePr event
ionofPollut
ionfr
om Shipsi
tist
he
mainint
ernati
onalconvent
ioncover
ingpreventi
onofpoll
utionofthemarine
env
ironmentbyshipsfrom oper
ati
onaloraccident
alcauses.
Minimum amountofoxy
gent
osaf
elyent
eranencl
osedspacei
s:atl
east21%of
oxygen
Dif
fer
entTy pesofFireext
ingui
sher
:
Water(RED)
DryPowder( BLUE)
Foam (
CREAM)
CO2(BLACK)
WetChemi cal(YELLOW)
Whatf
lagwi
l
lyour
aisewhenpi
l
otget
sonboar
d?
HOTEL
Whatf
lagwi
l
lrai
sewhent
her
eisbunker
ingoper
ati
ons?
BRAVO
3TypesofNav
igat
ion:
Cel
esti
al
GPS
MapandCompass
Seamanshi
p:
i
stheart
,knowl
edgeandcompet
enceofoper
ati
ngashi
p,boatorot
hercr
afton
water
.
Import
anceofgoodseamanshi
p:i
tcreatesacul
tureofawareness,
saf
ety
,and
conf
idencei
nthecrewandtheoper
ationofavesselatal
lti
mes.
Whati
sSafet
y?
-t
hecondi
ti
onofbei
ngpr
otect
edf
rom orunl
i
kel
ytocausedanger
,ri
sk,
ori
njur
y.
BuyBall
ot’sLaw?
-I
nt heNorther
nHemi sphere,
ifapersonstandswiththeirbacktothewind,t
he
atmosphericpr
essur
ei slowtotheleft,
hightotheri
ght.Thisisbecausewindtr
avel
s
counter
clockwi
searoundl ow-
pressurezonesintheNorthernHemi spher
e.

COLREG
Rul
e5(Look-
out
)
Ever
yvessel
shallatallt
imesmaintai
napr operl
ook-outbysightandheari
ngaswel
l
asbyal
lavai
labl
emeansappr opr
iat
eintheprevai
li
ngcircumstancesandcondi
ti
ons
soastomakeaf ullappr
aisal
ofthesit
uati
onandort her i
skofcoll
isi
on.
Rule6(Safespeed)
Everyvesselshal
l atallt
imesproceedatasafespeedsot
hatshecantakepr
oper
andeffecti
veactiont oavoi
dacol l
i
sionandbestoppedwi
thi
nadist
anceappropr
iat
e
totheprevai
lingcircumstancesandcondit
ions.
Rule7(Riskofcol l
isi
on)
(a)Ev
eryvesselshal
luseallav
ail
abl
emeansappropr
iat
etot heprevai
li
ng
cir
cumstancesandcondit
ionstodet
erminei
fri
skofcol
li
sionexists.I
fther
eisany
doubtsuchriskshal
lbedeemedtoexist
.
Rul
e8(
Act
iont
oav
oidacol
l
isi
on)
(a)Anyact
iontakentoavoi
dcoll
i
sionshallbetakeni
naccor
dancewit
htheRul
esof
thi
sPartandshall
,ift
hecir
cumstancesofthecaseadmit
,beposi
ti
ve,
madein
ampleti
meandwi t
hdueregar
dtot heobserv
anceofgoodseamanshi
p.
(b)Anyalter
ati
onofcourseand/orspeedtoav oidcol
li
sionshall
,ifthe
cir
cumstancesofthecaseadmit,belargeenought ober eadi
l
yappar entt
oanother
vesselobservi
ngvi
sual
lyorbyradar;asuccessionofsmal lal
ter
ationsofcour
se
and/orspeedshouldbeavoi
ded.
Rul
e9(
Nar
rowchannel
s)
(a)Avesselpr
oceedingalongthecourseofanar
rowchannelorf
air
wayshal
lkeep
asneartotheouterl
imitorthechannelorf
air
waywhi
chliesonherstar
boar
dside
asissafeandpracti
cable.
Rul
e10(
Traf
fi
csepar
ati
onschemes)
(a)Thi
sRul
eappli
estot
raf
ficsepar
ationschemesadopt
edbytheOr
gani
sat
ionand
doesnotr
eli
eveanyv
esselofherobl
igati
onunderanyot
herRul
e.
(
b)Av
essel
usi
ngat
raf
fi
csepar
ati
onschemeshal
l
:
(
i)pr
oceedi
ntheappr
opr
iat
etr
aff
icl
anei
nthegener
aldi
rect
ionoft
raf
fi
cfl
owf
or
t
hatl
ane;
(
ii
)sof
araspr
act
icabl
ekeepcl
earofat
raf
fi
csepar
ati
onl
i
neorsepar
ati
onzone;
(i
i
i)normal
lyj
oinorleaveatraf
fi
claneatt
het
erminat
ionoft
helane,
butwhen
j
oini
ngorleavi
ngfrom ei
thersi
deshall
dosoatassmallanangl
etothegener
al
di
recti
onoftr
affi
cflowaspracti
cabl
e.
Rul
e13(
Over
taki
ng)
(
a)Notwi
thstandi
ngany
thingcontai
nedintheRul
esofPartB,Sect
ionsIandI
I,any
v
essel
overtaki
nganyothershal
lkeepoutofthewayoft
hev essel
beingover
taken.
Rul
e14(
Head-
onsi
tuat
ion)
(a)Whentwopower -dr
ivenvessel
saremeeti
ngonr eciprocal
ornear
lyr
eci
procal
coursessoastoinvolv
er i
skofcoll
isi
oneachshall
alterhercour
setost
arboardso
thateachshal
lpassont heportsi
deoftheother
.
Rul
e15(
Crossi
ngsi
tuat
ion)
Whent wopower-dri
venvessel
sarecrossi
ngsoast oinvolver
iskofcol
li
sion,t
he
vesselwhi
chhast heotheronherownstarboar
dsideshal l
keepoutofthewayand
shall
,i
ftheci
rcumstancesofthecaseadmi t
,av
oidcrossingaheadoftheother
vessel
.
Rul
e16(
Act
ionbygi
ve-
wayv
essel
)
Ever
yvesselwhi
chisdir
ect
edtokeepoutoft
hewayofanothervessel
shal
l
,asf
ar
aspossi
ble,
takeear
lyandsubst
ant
ial
acti
ontokeepwel
lcl
ear.
Rul
e17(
Act
ionbyst
and-
onv
essel
)
(i
)Whereoneoft
wov
essel
sist
okeepoutoft
hewayt
heot
hershal
lkeephercour
se
andspeed.
(i
i)Thelatt
ervesselmay,
however,
takeacti
ontoavoi
dcoll
isionbyhermanoeuvre
alone,
assoonasi tbecomesapparentt
oherthatt
hevessel r
equi
redtokeepoutof
thewayi snottaki
ngappr
opri
ateacti
onincompli
ancewit
ht heseRules.
Rul
e19(
Conductofv
essel
sinr
est
ri
ctedv
isi
bil
i
ty)
(a)Thi
sRul
eappl
iest
ovessel
snoti
nsi
ghtofoneanot
herwhennav
igat
ingi
nornear
anareaofr
est
ri
ctedv
isi
bil
i
ty.
(b)Ev
eryvesselshallpr
oceedatasafespeedadaptedtotheprevai
l
ing
cir
cumstancesandcondi t
ionsofr
estri
ctedv
isi
bil
it
y.Apower-
driv
env essel
shal
l
haveherenginesreadyforimmediat
emanoeuv r
e.
Whati
sSafet
y?
-t
hecondi
ti
onofbei
ngpr
otect
edf
rom orunl
i
kel
ytocausedanger
,ri
sk,
ori
njur
y.
BuyBall
ot’sLaw?
-I
nt heNorther
nHemi sphere,
ifapersonstandswiththeirbacktothewind,t
he
atmosphericpr
essur
ei slowtotheleft,
hightotheri
ght.Thisisbecausewindtr
avel
s
counter
clockwi
searoundl ow-
pressurezonesintheNorthernHemi spher
e.
MARPOL-I nt
ernat
ional
Conv ent
ionfort
hePr event
ionofPollut
ionfr
om Shipsi
tist
he
mainint
ernati
onalconvent
ioncover
ingpreventi
onofpoll
utionofthemarine
env
ironmentbyshipsfrom oper
ati
onaloraccident
alcauses.