Contractors prepare for an accommodation inspection by cleaning. Inspectors arrive with a tape measure and a headcount, because the requirements are dimensional and they scale with how many people are actually living there. By MarineCraft Journal · 9 October 2026 · 9 mins read 3.6 m²minimum bedroom floor area per employee, non-dormitory 3 … Read more
An employer who books beds with an uncertified provider has not transferred the problem. The Act places duties on the employer and on the accommodation provider separately, so what outsourcing moves is the building. By MarineCraft Journal · 6 October 2026 · 8 mins read A1604the 2019 amendment that widened the Act to … Read more
Both terms get used as though they meant the same thing, usually by people commissioning one and receiving the other. They sit on different standards, belong at different points in a project, and produce different documents. Getting the choice wrong wastes the study. By MarineCraft Journal · 2 October 2026 · 9 … Read more
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
A buyer who has learned to spot a fraudulent cargo offer still needs to know what a genuine one looks like when it is properly protected. The answer is usually not escrow, and understanding why is the fastest way to tell the two apart. By MarineCraft Journal · 24 September 2026 · … Read more
