An inspector follows a predictable order and reaches for the same items every time. That makes the week before a port call a rehearsable exercise rather than a matter of luck, provided someone walks the ship the way the inspector will. By MarineCraft Journal · 28 September 2026 · 9 mins read 1,189ships … Read more
Every ship holds drills. Far fewer can produce a record that proves who took part, which boat was used, and that no month was missed. That gap is where the deficiencies come from, and incomplete drill records are among the most common detainable findings. By MarineCraft Journal · 25 September 2026 · … Read more
Cyber risk stopped being an IT question in January 2021. It became an ISM Code question, which means it is audited by the same people, on the same cycle, with the same consequences as a fire drill record. Most companies still answer it as though it were about software. By MarineCraft Journal … Read more
An Inventory of Hazardous Materials is not a certificate you obtain and file. Part I is a living record of what is physically in the ship, and it has to survive twenty years of repairs, retrofits and equipment swaps before anyone reaches a recycling yard. By MarineCraft Journal · 21 September 2026 … Read more
Holding the certificate no longer settles the question. Since D-2 became mandatory for every ship in scope, inspectors have moved from verifying documents to sampling what actually leaves the ship, and the findings that follow are rarely about the treatment plant. By MarineCraft Journal · 18 September 2026 · 8 mins read … Read more
A fixed firefighting system released into a space that is still being ventilated is fighting a fire that is still being fed. Dampers and closures are what make containment possible, and they are among the most consistently defective items on any ship. By MarineCraft Journal · 17 September 2026 · 9 mins read … Read more
