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Plain-English working-seafarer reference for the shipboard safety system. Permit-to-work, enclosed-space entry, mooring, hot work, watchkeeping, fatigue, bunkering, garbage and OWS, near-miss reporting, port-state-control preparation. Where this hub conflicts with your vessel's SMS or your flag-state circular — follow your ship.
When the system kicks in, who signs, what cancels a permit.
Pre-task hazard identification, controls, residual risk.
SOLAS XI-1/7 + OCIMF best practice — pre-entry gas testing, attendant, rescue plan.
Permit, gas-free certificate, fire watch, neighbouring spaces.
Isolating energy sources before maintenance — locks, tags, verification.
Snap-back zones, line condition, communication, anti-piracy considerations alongside.
Permit, harness, secondary lines, communication with watch officer.
Pre-transfer checks, drip trays, MARPOL Annex I + VI obligations, sampling.
BWM Convention compliance, D-1 vs D-2, record book.
MARPOL Annex V garbage plan, segregation, record book, port reception facilities.
Record book honesty, magic-pipe enforcement, OWS alarms.
STCW Reg VIII/2, taking over the watch, UMS alarms, fatigue check.
STCW Reg VIII/2, look-out, position fixing, traffic, weather, fatigue.
Liquid + dry cargo, gas + tanker considerations, communication with terminal.
ISPS, visitors, packages, port-state inspectors, lifebuoy + radio readiness.
10/24, 77/7 — the fitness-for-duty rules.
MEPC.1/Circ.1014 guidance, sleep banking, hot-bunking risks.
Why honest reporting protects you and your shipmates.
When and how to stop the job — protected under most SMS.
IMO MSC.1/Circ.1503 + flag-state procedures.
Paris/Tokyo MoU — common deficiencies and how to prepare.
Search recent detentions by vessel, MoU, or year.
SOLAS, MARPOL, ISM, ISPS, STCW, MLC explainers.