Los límites de Samuel Plimsoll

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Published on Monday, 29 September 2014 08:53
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Cuando Plimsoll consigue ver convertida en norma su propuesta para limitar la carga de los buques del Reino Unido, hacía muchas décadas que un gran número capitanes civiles marcaban el costado de sus respectivos barcos tratando de tener un límite y una referencia para evitar la sobrecarga del barco.

 En el año 1835, el Lloyd´s Register fijó tres pulgadas de francobordo por cada pie de puntal de bodega. En 1875 Samuel Plimsoll, miembro del parlamento, promovió la legislación necesaria para fijar una marca en los costados del buque, con el fin de limitar el calado hasta el cual podría cargar. Esta marca es conocida como Disco Plimsoll, aunque su denominación oficial es la de marca de francobordo.

Samuel Plimsoll, “el amigo de los marinos”

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US needs LNG bunkering guidelines, Marad study finds

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Published on Sunday, 14 September 2014 07:09
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| Sep 08, 2014 12:26PM EDT       

Interest in using liquefied natural gas as vessel fuel is highlighting the need for regulatory policies and operational and safety standards, according to a new Maritime Administration study on LNG bunkering.

The U.S. is hardly the only country trying to a handle on using LNG as a maritime fuel. Vessel owners and operators worldwide are evaluating LNG fuel as an economical way to meet increasingly stringent air-quality standards imposed by the International Maritime Organization and, in some cases, regional regulators.

IMO rules next year will require marine fuel with a maximum 0.1 percent sulfur content, compared with 1 percent now, in emission control areas in the North and Baltic seas, English Channel and within 200

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Nigeria: Imo Boss Welcomes Global Ocean Commission Report

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Published on Sunday, 14 September 2014 07:07
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The secretary general, International Maritime Organization (IMO), Koji Sekimizu has welcomed the recently-published report of the Global Ocean Commission (GOC), From Decline to Recovery: A Rescue Package for the Global Ocean, and its call for enhanced action at all levels to mitigate the threats to the global oceans described in the report.

IMO plays an active role in addressing many of the threats to the world's oceans

In a letter? to the co-chairs of the Global Ocean Commission (Mr. José María Figueres, Mr. Trevor Manuel and Mr. David Miliband), Mr. Sekimizu noted that, as the United Nations specialized agency dedicated to sustainable uses of the world's oceans through safe, secure, clean ships,

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Pilot Scrambles to Safety after Ladder Failure

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Published on Sunday, 14 September 2014 07:03
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Captain John Rose, director (maritime) of the UK charitable trust CHIRP, reminds seafarers about pilot ladder safety after an incident where a pilot nearly fell as a result of a poorly secured ladder. The aim of CHIRP is to seek out root causes, identify the lessons learned and to consider how best this information can be used to prevent reoccurrence elsewhere in the maritime industry.

CHIRP Report text: Vessel was loaded, draft 8.5 metres, a short (approx. 5 to 6 rungs no spreader) Pilot ladder was rigged on the Starboard quarter. It was secured to the top rail with a side gate access for the deck. As I stepped on to the ladder it began to slip downwards and I quickly scrambled on

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