Maritime Law and Regulations

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What is the Convention for the proper education and training of all seafarers?

SOLAS

MARPOL

GMDSS

STCW (correct)

What is the payment made to a shipowner when their ship is detained beyond the lay days?

Salvage

Lien

Demurrage (correct)

Penalty

What is the term for the horizontal movement of water?

The direction of water movement

The vertical movement of water

The intensity of water flow

The horizontal movement of water (correct)

What is the term for the movement of water going out or away from the shore?

Flooding Signup and view all the answers

What is the person who goods are sent to?

Consignee Signup and view all the answers

When facing the wind in the northern hemisphere, where is the center of the low pressure located?

To your right and a little behind Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for throwing goods overboard to improve stability in heavy weather?

Jettisoning Signup and view all the answers

What type of charter party contract involves sharing the cost and risk between the ship owner and charterer?

Time charter Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for replacing foul air with pure air in a ship's compartment?

Ventilating Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for celestial bodies that make a diurnal revolution around the celestial poles without passing below the horizon?

Circumpolar Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for the bow frame casting at the extreme forward end of a ship?

Stem Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for the public service that provides pilots for vessels entering or leaving port or passing through channels?

Pilotage Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for a vessel that is propelled by machinery?

Power-driven vessel Signup and view all the answers

What is the purpose of maintaining a proper look-out by sight and hearing on a vessel?

To avoid collision Signup and view all the answers

What type of light is placed over the fore and aft centerline of the vessel, showing an unbroken light over an arc of the horizon of 225 degrees?

Masthead light Signup and view all the answers

What is the purpose of proceeding at a safe speed on a vessel?

To take proper and effective action to avoid collision Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for the light displayed on the starboard and port sides of a vessel?

Side lights Signup and view all the answers

What rule states that nothing in the rules shall exonerate any vessel from the consequence of any neglect to comply with the rules?

Rule 4 Signup and view all the answers