Standby Vessels - Masters Pocket Book Series Media:eBook enabling accurate assessments in tidal

enabling accurate assessments in tidal navigation

1 Refiner’s Point of View

They cover all officer ranks on LNG vessels

making it easier than ever to plot your journey effectively

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Standby Vessels - Masters Pocket Book Series Media:eBook enabling accurate assessments in tidalOverview This book examines the operations of standby vessels covering the older, newer and converted types. When the first oil platforms were installed in the North Sea, a system of standby vessels was introduced. Initially these consisted of fishing boats hired casually to standby in the area of the platform to perform some kind of assistance in case of emergency. In 1988 came the Piper Alpha disaster which had a traumatic effect on the whole oil