SOLAS & MARPOL

Safety

Maritime safety and pollution-prevention conventions — SOLAS, STCW and MARPOL — covering certificates, records, emergency procedures and Port State Control readiness.

55 Topics 5 Sub-topics

~30 Min Total Reading Time

Fundamental to Intermediate Skill Level

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MARPOL Pollution-prevention rules seafarers must know cold: MARPOL Annexes I–VI — oil, chemicals, packaged goods, sewage, garbage and air emissions — with discharge criteria, record books and PSC checks. 8 Topics SOLAS Safety-of-life-at-sea rules in exam order: SOLAS chapters on construction, life-saving, fire protection, navigation and cargoes, plus the ISM and ISPS codes, certificates and surveys. 13 Topics General Day-to-day seamanship and paperwork: ship certificates, load line and tonnage, dry-docking, bunkering, audits vs surveys, and emergency equipment checks. 22 Topics Life Saving Appliances Every life-saving appliance and how surveyors test you on it: personal LSA, distress signals, liferafts, lifeboats and launching — with SOLAS rules and maintenance intervals. 5 Topics Fire Safety The complete shipboard fire-fighting syllabus: fire classes and extinguishers, detectors, CO2, sprinklers, fire main, foam, inert gas, fire plans and muster lists. 7 Topics