Check list for Operations dept.

One of the main things to do, when a voyage is fixed and you operate vessel on time charter is drafting a check list for the voyage. Though it's not a very hard question, a check list may hardly be standardized, because it's structure depends on a particular voyage. However we may divide it into blocks and try to make universal rules for these blocks. Here's the example of blocks for an easy usual voyage basis 1/1 without passing channels.

Draft alterations depend on water density

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It happened that I forgot the formula for the calculation of vessel's draft at different water density, though I searched the Internet and found nothing in English. So I decided to translate the article, which I found in Russian.

When the vessel passes from one water basin to another, the salinity (seawater density) changes.  It's very useful to know the way vessel's draft will change. And for the determination of vessel's draft delta we will turn to physics.

CP proformas

Earlier I have wrote about what is a Charter Party. And now it's time to make a list of different CP proformas for easy reference. The list will be kept here and it will be updated from time to time.

Delivery clause - Time Charter Party

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I would like to start an explanatory course about basics of time and voyage charter. In this article I will enlighten the specifics of Delivery Clause of time charter. It will be based on materials from a very good book named "TIME CHARTERS", author Terence Coghlin.