Pilot ladder and pilot transfer safety
SOLAS V/23, rigging requirements, and the documented failure modes that continue to kill pilots and crew during transfer operations.
GMDSS Fundamentals
What GMDSS actually does, where it fails, and why equipment carriage compliance is not the same as distress readiness.
Search and Rescue Obligations for Merchant Ships
What SOLAS V/33 and UNCLOS Article 98 actually require of a merchant master, and what happens when those obligations are not met.
COLREGs – Restricted Visibility
Rule 19 dismantles the give-way/stand-on framework. Understanding why changes everything about radar-era collision avoidance.
UKC Calculator: Under-Keel Clearance from First Principles
A full working breakdown of under-keel clearance calculation, exposing why fixed percentage rules are dangerous and what a proper UKC assessment actually requires.
Calculators & Checklists Hub
Index of all Maritime Hub bridge calculators and checklists, with the philosophy that underpins their proper use as aids to judgement.
Passage Planning Templates
Passage planning templates exist to reduce cognitive load, not to replace thought. Structure, content, and the failure mode of tick-box compliance.
Bridge Equipment Overview
A senior mariner’s tour of the modern wheelhouse: what each system does, what it needs, and how it fails when no one is watching.
ECDIS alarms and alert management
Why ECDIS alarm flooding is a passage planning failure, not a system problem, and what MSC.302(87) actually changed on the bridge.
ENC vs RNC – understanding chart types
Vector ENCs and raster RNCs look similar on screen but are fundamentally different in structure, safety function, and legal standing under SOLAS.