...Securing Your Boat to a Dock After successfully parking your boat alongside a dock or in a slip, now it’s time to make sure the boat stays in place, using dock lines – also called mooring lines – to tie the boat to the dock.In the truest of the nautical vernacular, one isn’t tying up to the slip or dock, one is ensuring the vessel is “made fast” to the structure. To stick with our simple-is-good philosophy, we’re addressing boating on a body of water that has no wind, waves, or fluctuations in water depth. The Equipment You’ll need four to six long dock lines (stout lines with a permanent eye spliced on one end) to secure the boat to the dock, and at least two fenders (heavy-duty cushions hung over the side of a boat to absorb the force of contact between a boat and a dock) to prevent the craft from touching the pier.Line Art As your boat eased near the dock, your crew probably placed a couple of fenders over the hull side, and hastily tied the boat to the nearest dock cleats or pilings – so far, so good.We often see boats tied up with only two lines – one at the bow and another at the stern – with each line running at about a 90-degree angle from the boat to the dock. These two lines will secure the boat to the dock, but the boat may still drift slightly frontwards or backwards (fore and aft), potentially allowing the craft to bump into other boats, especially at a crowded pier.The correct method of making your vessel fast to the dock or slip is quick and easy, usually involving...
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...QUESTION 1 : WHERE DOES THE FLAG STATE AND PORT STATE JURISDICTION COMPLIMENT & CONTRADICT WITH EACH OTHER. GIVE A FEW EXAMPLE TO STREGTHEN YOUR CASE In an effort to enhance broader security issues, especially good governance, anti-trafficking, anti-corruption and counter-SALW proliferation, Port States take measures to prevent unwanted vessels, including those with armed security teams, from entering and disembarking at their ports. Port State control complements the obligation of Flag States to inspect and control vessels by undertaking investigations or verification of vessels calling at their port to ensure compliance with international obligations or standards. In the event of transgressions, violators can be forced to pay reparations to the Port State, which can arrest or even blacklist their vessels. Flag State maritime security regulations, however, generally only cover issues such as the types of weapon systems that can be brought onboard, how many guards can be embarked, certification requirements and background credentials for embarked PCASP and, in some circumstances, application procedures to gain Flag State approval for taking a security detail onboard. However, these Flag-State restrictions do not address other pertinent issues such as embark and disembark procedures for PCASP, which frequently take place in countries other than the Flag State, Rules for the Use of Force, oversight and reporting protocols, and code of conduct. QUESTION 2 : HOW COULD...
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...Two As he exited his cruiser, a rush of tepid air blew Joshua's Stetson from his head. It caused a chill to run down his spine. After retrieving his hat, he stood atop the dam and gazed across the expanse of the lake. The only indication the Hudson was ever in the lake was the marred hillside where the tow truck dragged from its resting place of the last 38 years. “Are you sure you're ready for this, Hoss,” asked Joshua's oldest, dearest friend, James “Hook” Fortner. “No, I ain't. However, there's no avoiding it now, is there.” “No it ain't, Hoss. You've been working toward this for the last few months- ever since you discovered those Dixon boys granddaddy was killing women back when your mama disappeared, you've suspected she was murdered.” “But it doesn't make sense, Hook,” exclaimed Joshua. “If Dixon killed her, why do I keep having the dream of being here on the dam when I was a little boy? In the dream, it was dark, I was scared... something, probably that car, was sliding down into the water and then I heard her yelling for me to run. If he killed her, then how did she wind up at the bottom of the lake in a 1936 Hudson? If he killed her, she'd most likely be buried in a shallow grave somewhere, the way the rest of his victims were!” “You don't need to yell, Hoss; I'm right here.” “I'm sorry, Hook. I just can't seem to wrap my brain around these last events. In my mind, I've moved Annaleigh from just being gone, to a shallow grave, to a mental institution, and back to a...
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...INTRODUCTION Every year more and more ships are lost through fire and collision. Shipboard fire alone, however, results in more total losses of ships than any other form of casualty. The most common causes of shipboard fire are: maintenance, burning and welding are responsible for nearly 40 percent of all outbreaks. Smoking leads to countless fires that break out when no one expects. Lack of attention, spontaneous combustion and electrical faults are the major causes. The engine room is at special risk from flashbacks in oilfired boilers, leaky pipings carrying oil, overheated bearings and even the accumulation of rubbish (oil rags, dirty oil, tins of oil, etc.). According to Mikhail Grigorevich Stavitskii 1983, if most shipboard fires can be prevented, then who is responsible for preventing them? The answer is that fire prevention is the shared duty of each and every member of the crew. No fire prevention effort or program can be successful unless it involves everyone aboard ship. We have noted that every crewmember is responsible for the fire aboard ship. Similarly, every crewmember has a role in the ship's fire prevention program. Because attitude is so much a part of the fire prevention, it is also the most important part of the fire prevention program. So as with the Fire Figthing, if there is a fire aboard ship, everyone aboard ship must form the emergency response team. According to Lobo Gruppe, Oslo 1987, the emergency response team are consist of the following...
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...PRC - MDO Form No.5 (Rev.01-11-04-2000) Republic of the Philippines PROFESSIONAL REGULATION COMMISSION Manila BOARD OF MARINE DECK OFFICERS CERTIFICATE OF SEA SERVICE (All Statements herein are subject for verification) TO THE BOARD OF MARINE DECK OFFICERS: THIS IS TO CERTIFY THAT RANDY D. CASTRO had actually served under our Supervision on board CAPTAIN JOHN NP , Motor (LPG) of BAHAMAS (Name of Vessel) (Type of vessel) (State the Nationality of Vessel) with Registry No.: 8001333 which is a Seagoing vessel of 47173 (Near coastal / Seagoing) gross tons for a period of 00 09 21 . (No. of Years) (Months) (Days) from 10 DECEMBER 2010 to 1 OCTOBER 2011 as ...
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...Captain Ashraf Mabrouk UAE – Abu Dhabi +971528002130 /+971567321913 Ashrafmabrouk13@hotmail.com / https://www.linkedin.com/pub/ashraf-mabrouk/32/a11/840 PROFILE Ability to identify opportunities, evaluate, plan and implement company and customer requirements at all levels using a variety of management and technical skills. A strategic thinker, who can create an effective team and has the ability to use individuals’ skills in the most effective way to benefit the individual, team and achieve the project goals and Objectives,. Dynamic, personable, inspiring, self-starting, progressive and talented I would add value to any organization. I have gained experience in the private and public sector for the last 24 years, Specializing in marine /port operations and shipping managements. I have demonstrated success at all levels and capable to excel at Director/VP level. I can genuinely state that continuous improvement, lessen to your customer and your employees are the key success for any organization, so use KAIZEN, LEAN, Six-Sigma or any suitable tools to enhance team engagement and motivation as well as keep the wheel running. KEY ACHIEVEMENTS Invented a new application (Port Management information System (PMIS) for ADPC with cooperation with major applications’ developer “Kongsberg IT” to automate the port operation process and invoicing, which reduce the human errors and improve data capturing and correct invoicing. It is part of the Port community system (PCS) (one window...
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...MARITIME GROUP JURISDICTION/AOR Maritime Jurisdiction – The PNP Maritime Group shall perform Maritime Law Enforcement and Internal Security Operations over Philippine territorial1, archipelagic2 and internal3 waters, rivers, ports4 of entry and exits. 1Territorial waters or a territorial sea as defined by the 1982 UNCLOS, is a belt of coastal waters extending at most 12 nautical miles (22.2 km; 13.8 mi) from the baseline (usually the mean low-water mark) of a coastal state. 2archipelagic waters are the waters enclosed by the archipelagic baselines as drawn in accordance with section 6; "conservation and management" includes all methods and measures which are: (a) Required to rebuild, restore or maintain, or which are useful in rebuilding, restoring or maintaining any (UNCLOS 1982). 3 internal waters according to the UNCLOS, includes the nation’s waters on the landward side of the baseline of a nation's territorial waters, except in archipelagic states. It includes waterways such as rivers and canals, and sometimes the water within small bays 4On major ports operated by the Philippine Ports Authority, MG should coordinate prior to the conduct of law enforcement activities therein. 5Coastal Area/Zone - is a band of dry land and adjacent ocean space (water and submerged land) in which terrestrial processes and uses directly affect oceanic processes and uses, and vice versa; its geographic extent may include areas within the landmark limit of one (1) kilometer from the shoreline...
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...illegal in the past. When considering anything in connection with the boat or its sails or equipment which is not within established practice in the Melges 24 Class or involves the use of a material not previously used or accepted by the class or is not clearly covered by the class rules, plans or specification, you must assume that it is illegal, and must obtain a ruling from the Class Technical Committee before attempting it. A.2. ABBREVIATIONS. A.2.1. ISAF. MNA. ISAF Member National Authority. ICA. International Melges 24 Class Association. NCA. National Class Association. ERS. The Equipment Rules of Sailing. RRS. The Racing Rules of Sailing. A.3. AUTHORITY. A.3.1. The international authority of the class is the ISAF which shall co-operate with the ICA in all matters concerning these class rules. A.3.2. Neither the ISAF, an MNA, the ICA, an NCA, the copyright holder or an official measurer is under any legal responsibility in respect of these class rules. A.3.3. The Copyright Holder shall be Reichel & Pugh Yacht Design Inc. A.4. LANGUAGE. A.4.1. The official language of the class is English and in case of dispute over...
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...nautica (nautical league): Between 1400 and 1600 the Spanish nautical league was equal to four Roman miles of 4 842 feet, making it 19 368 feet (5 903 meters or 3.1876 modern nautical miles). That seems pretty straight forward until one realizes that the accepted number of Spanish nautical leagues to a degree varied between 14 1/6 to 16 2/3 so in actual practice the length of a Spanish nautical league was 25 733 feet (7 843 meters or 4.235 modern nautical miles) to 21 874 feet (6 667 meters or 3.600 modern nautical miles) respectively.[8] Legua de por grado (league of the degree): From the 15th century through the early 17th century, the Spanish league of the degree was based on four Arabic miles. Although most contemporary accounts used an Arabic mile of 6 444 feet (1 964 meters), which gave a Spanish league of the degree of 25 776 feet (7 857 meters or 4.242 modern nautical miles) others defined an Arabic mile as just 6 000 feet making a Spanish league of the degree 24 000 feet (or 7315 meters, almost exactly 3.950 modern nautical miles).[9] Legua geographica (geographical league): Starting around 1630 the Spanish geographical league was used as the official nautical measurement and continued so through the 1840s. Its use on Spanish charts did not become mandatory until 1718. It was four millias (miles) in length. From 1630 to 1718 a millia was 5 564 feet (1696 meters), making a geographical league of four millias to be 22 256 feet (6784 m or 3.663 modern nautical miles)...
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...COLLISION REGULATIONS See First Class Sailing Cockpit Companion and RYA Day Skipper booklet. Steering and Sailing Rules Keep a proper look out. Maintain a safe speed. Determine if a risk of collision exists by taking a bearing of the other vessel. If the bearing doesn’t change after a few minutes you are on a collision course. Determine whether you are the stand on vessel (see below). If you are not the stand on vessel you should take early and ample action to avoid a collision. Ie. A bold alteration of course/speed in good time. BUT….! If the situation develops so that the collision cannot be avoided by the actions of the Give Way vessel alone, the Stand on Vessel must act to avoid collision. Ie. all vessels have a duty to avoid a collision. On the high seas: A power driven vessel gives way to a sailing vessel. Both a power driven vessel and a sailing vessel give way to a fishing vessel. All three of these gives way to vessels Restricted in Ability to Manoeuvre, vessels Not Under Command and vessels Constrained by their draft. In other cases: In a TSS a sailing vessel or a vessel under 20m LOA shall not impede a power driven vessel using the TSS - Rule 10. In a narrow channel a sailing vessel or a vessel under 20m LOA shall not impede a vessel that has to navigate within the narrow channel – Rule 9. A vessel, regardless of it’s type, when overtaking another vessel shall keep well clear. Sailing Vessels (Rule 12) A yacht on port tack gives way to a yacht on starboard tack. If...
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...“Good Christ!” Tom yelled from other side of the wall. The wall was as tall as a man’s navel, built from centuries of farmers dragging unwanted rocks from their fields. The wall was built against a 2-storey farm house, rich by country standards. Tom slumped in the yard, staring glassy-eyed through the shattered door. “Good Christ” the squire repeated. “They’re dead, Commander. They’re all dead.” Tom clambered over the wall back to the captain and retched all over his leader’s shoes. “Are you all right, lad?” the captain asked lightly. Tom nodded, still looking slightly sick. “Sorry milord. It won’t happen again,” he said, crossing himself. “Twas a Fey creature, stake me soul on it.” “Not much of a stake then, is it?” the captain said,...
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...MERCK AND RIVER BLINDNESS 1. Think about the definition of stakeholders — any parties with a stake in the organization’s actions or performance. Who are the stakeholders in this situation? How many can you list? On what basis would you rank them in importance? People suffering from the disease or those who potentially may be infected – would directly benefit from the cure Merck employees at all levels – profitability and the economic health of the company affects current employees Merck shareholders – inability to profit from the drug might have a negative effect on shareholder’s value, but taking the stand on “doing the right thing” might have a favorable effect on company’s reputation and increase the value of the stock Various healthcare organizations – Merck is one of the leaders in the industry whose actions or inactions may affect the state of the industry as a whole One way to rank stakeholders in importance is by their level of benefit from the drug putting people suffering from the disease in the first place as they would benefit the most from the invent of the cure. Then, employees and shareholders would share the second place, provided that the company would most likely not be able to recover funds invested in the long and expensive process of developing the drug which in turn would affect company’s profitability. Finally, various healthcare organizations would rank third; the effect on them would depend on the level of their involvement in the process...
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...In his prologue to Daphnis and Chloe, Longus refers to his four books as “a0na/qhma me\n7!Eroti kai\ Nu/mfaij kai\ Pani/” (Pr 2.3-4). Coming before any of the action of the novel, the reader asks, and for good reason, why these three gods or sets of gods? Then in the final book, Daphnis gives “a0naqh/mata…tw~| Dionu/sw|…tw~| Pani\...tai~j Nu/mfaij” (4.26.6-8). Here Dionysus has filled the place of Eros, or, as I shall argue, Dionysus represents the same universal force as Eros in the earlier books. These divinities, Eros/Dionysus, Pan, and the Nymphs, directly influence the lives of the titular protagonists. Their influence serves different purposes depending on what the situation calls for, but, overall, the influences could be labeled as such: Eros/Dionysus controls their lives, the Nymphs nurture the youths, and Pan enflames their passion. In many Greek novels, Eros functions as a stock figure, “not much more than a convenient method of setting [the] plot in motion” (Turner 119). Critics have heavily studied the role of Eros in this novel, and many find that the text of Daphnis and Chloe can be seen as an introductory text for syncretic monotheistic religions, specifically that of Orphic Dionysus. This argument holds valid, yet, I think, over reads the text, and Chalk admits as an introductory text, it is merely “allusive” and not clearly instructive (36). Philetas certainly describes the “cosmic Eros” found in Hesiod’s Theognis in his interaction with Eros in his garden...
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...Caso Merck & Co: Evaluación de una oportunidad de licencias de medicamentos El caso está ambientada en el año 2000. Merck & Co. es una compañía global, impulsada por la investigación farmacéutica, investiga, desarrolla, fabrica y comercializa una amplia gama de productos para personas, así como productos de salud animal. Opera directamente a través de empresas conjuntas establecidas y prestas servicios de gestión de productos farmacéuticos (PBM). Durante los últimos 5 años, la compañía ha lanzado 15 nuevos productos de éxito, las drogas más populares han generado la cantidad de $5.7 mil millones en ventas en todo el mundo. Entre 1998 y 1999, un aumento del 20% en las ventas se observó. Merck posee las patentes de los medicamentos más populares, sin embargo, expirará en 2002. Una vez que las patentes han caducado, las ventas disminuirán por los medicamentos genéricos sustitutos y baratos en el mercado. La compañía tiene como objetivo mantener un buen camino en el desarrollo de fármacos, por constante renovación de su cartera, lo que impide la pérdida de ventas de medicamentos que van fuera del tiempo de la patente. Los nuevos fármacos son bien desarrollados por la investigación interna (la mayoría) mediante la colaboración con empresas de biotecnología. El producto: Davanrik Davarnik fue desarrollado por los productos farmacéuticos LAB, un producto farmacéutico pequeño y relativamente joven especializada con compuestos para el tratamiento de trastornos neurológicos. Originalmente...
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...Story Tiffany & Co. is created by Charles Lewis Tiffany and John B. Young (then known as Tiffany & Young, a stationery and fancy goods emporium at 259 Broadway in New York). All items were marked with a non-negotiable selling price, which was a first at that time. The first day’s sales total $4.98. 1837: Introduction of the Tiffany Blue Box The well-known shade of blue was chosen to symbolize the company’s renowned reputation for quality and craftsmanship. The colour is well known globally and widely used on Tiffany & Co. boxes, catalogues, shopping bags, brochures and in their advertising mediums. Today, it has become Tiffany & Co’s trademark colour. No box can be taken out of a Tiffany & Co. store except with an article which has been sold by them. This adds to the exclusivity of the brand. The tradition of the famed Tiffany Blue Box has endured over the years as its contents are unsurpassable in quality and design. 1845: The First Blue Book The first ever Tiffany catalogue is published. This tradition still continues at present day. 1851: The Heritage of Tiffany Silver Tiffany becomes the first American company to use the 925/1000 sterling standards which is later adopted as the United States Sterling Standard. Tiffany’s silver designs also start capturing attention worldwide. 1853: Tiffany & Co. is “Officially” Named Charles Tiffany assumes control of the company and renames it. 1867: Tiffany & Co. at the Paris Exposition Universelle Tiffany & Co becomes the first...
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