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INSPECTIONS & PSC · 4 MIN READ
Port State Control: What It Checks and How to Be Ready
Most detentions start with a deficiency that was already on board before arrival. Here is how to find it first.
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What a Real Internal ISM, ISPS and MLC Audit Covers
The internal audit is the cheapest inspection a ship will ever have, if it is done honestly.
ReadINSPECTIONS & PSC · 4 MIN READ
Why Full Document Review Finds What Sampling Misses
Audits are built on sampling by design. A complete read of the submitted record set is a different instrument.
ReadCONVENTIONS & CODES · 4 MIN READ
SOLAS: The Convention Behind Your Certificates
Adopted in 1974, in force since 1980. It sets the baseline for ship safety and generates most of the certificates in the file.
ReadCONVENTIONS & CODES · 4 MIN READ
The ISM Code: A Safety Management System That Works
Mandatory under SOLAS Chapter IX for passenger ships at any tonnage and for cargo ships of 500 GT and above. It turns safety from a binder into how the ship is actually run.
ReadSECURITY & CYBER · 4 MIN READ
The ISPS Code: Ship Security in Practice
Security levels, declarations of security and the alert no one on board is supposed to see.
ReadCONVENTIONS & CODES · 4 MIN READ
MLC 2006: The Human Element That Drives Detentions
Accommodation, food, medical care and welfare are among the most frequently recorded Port State Control findings. Here is what the convention requires.
ReadCONVENTIONS & CODES · 4 MIN READ
STCW: Training, Certification and Watchkeeping
The convention that decides who is qualified to sail, and the records that prove it.
ReadCONVENTIONS & CODES · 4 MIN READ
The Six MARPOL Annexes, Explained
Six annexes, six pollutant streams, six sets of records. Here is what each one governs and what inspectors read.
ReadINSPECTIONS & PSC · 4 MIN READ
How Port State Control Targets Ships: The Paris and Tokyo MoUs
Inspections are not random. Regional regimes score every ship and inspect the higher risk profiles harder.
ReadSECURITY & CYBER · 4 MIN READ
Maritime Cyber Risk Management Under the ISM Code
Cyber risk has had to be addressed inside the Safety Management System since 2021. Here is the baseline.
ReadDECARBONIZATION · 5 MIN READ
Decarbonization and Alternative Fuels: The Compliance Picture
LNG, ammonia, methanol and beyond. The regulatory groundwork matters as much as the technology.
ReadDECARBONIZATION · 5 MIN READ
EEXI and CII, Explained
The two carbon measures shaping how existing ships are rated, traded and financed.
ReadCONVENTIONS & CODES · 4 MIN READ
Ballast Water Management: the BWM Convention, D-1 and D-2
Every ship has had to meet the D-2 treatment standard since 8 September 2024, and inspectors are checking.
ReadCONVENTIONS & CODES · 4 MIN READ
The Load Lines Convention and Why Freeboard Matters
The mark on the hull that keeps ships from being loaded into danger.
ReadCONVENTIONS & CODES · 4 MIN READ
Tonnage Measurement: GT, NT and the ITC 1969
Why tonnage is about volume, not weight, and where the numbers that price your ship come from.
ReadINSPECTIONS & PSC · 4 MIN READ
The IMO Casualty Investigation Code
Mandatory under SOLAS since 2010. The purpose is to learn from the casualty, not to apportion blame.
ReadCONVENTIONS & CODES · 4 MIN READ
The Hong Kong Convention on Ship Recycling
In force since 26 June 2025, with an inventory of hazardous materials every ship in scope now needs.
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