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Why do ships use ‘port’ and ‘starboard’ and not ‘left’ or ‘right’

As port and starboard never change, they are unambiguous references that are independent of a mariner’s orientation, and, as a result, mariners use these nautical terms instead of left and right to avoid confusion.

Have you ever wondered why sailors use the terms ‘port’ and ‘starboard’, instead of left and right side on ships?
In the past, ships used to have rudders on their centre line and they were controlled using a steering oar. As it is the case today, back then as well the majority of the people were right handed.
Thus, as most of the sailors were right handed, the steering oar used to control the ship was located over or through the right side of the stern.
For this reason, most of the seafarers were calling the right side as the ‘steering side’, which later was known as ‘starboard’.
The word ‘starboard’ is the combination of two old words: stéor (meaning ‘steer’) and bord (meaning ‘the side of a boat’).
The left side is called ‘port’ because ships with steerboards or star boards would dock at ports on the opposite side of the steerboard or star.
As the right side was the steerboard side or star board side, the left side was the port side. This was decide so that the dock would not interfere with operating the steerboard or star.
Another reason why the left side is ‘port’ is because it sounds different from ‘starboard’. Originally, sailors were calling the left side ‘larboard’, which was easily confused with ‘starboard’, especially when challenging conditions at sea made it difficult to hear. The switch was done to lead to a distinctive alternate name.
Namely, the old English name for the port side sounded like ‘backboard’. On big vessels, the sailor using the steering would have his back facing the ship’s left side.
As a result, ‘backboard’was named ‘laddebord’, which is the loading side of the ship. Later, ‘laddebord’ became ‘larboard’, causing the confusion that led to change to port.
This is why ships are using the terms ‘port’ and ‘starboard’, as they are unambiguous references that are independent of a mariner’s orientation.
With these terms, seafarers remove ambiguity, and they prefer them over using the terms left and right.

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Amendments

1 January 2016: Mandatory audit scheme

Amendments to number of treaties to make the use of the IMO Instruments Implementation Code (III Code) mandatory.

The treaties amended are:

- SOLAS, 1974, as amended;

- STCW Convention, 1978, as amended and STCW Code;

- MARPOL Annexes I through to VI; MARPOL Annexes I through to VI;

- Protocol of 1988 relating to the International Convention on Load Lines, 1966 (1988 Load Lines Protocol), as amended;

- International Convention on Load Lines, 1966;

- International Convention on Tonnage Measurement of Ships, 1969;

- Convention on the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea, 1972, as amended.



1 January 2016: SOLAS amendments, steering gear, inert gas

Entry into force of:

- amendments to SOLAS regulation II-1/29 on steering gear, to update the requirements relating to sea trials.

- amendments to SOLAS regulations II-2/4, II-2/3, II-2/9.7 and II-2/16.3.3, to introduce mandatory requirements for inert gas systems on board new oil and chemical tankers of 8,000 dwt and above, and for ventilation systems on board new ships; related amendments to the International Code for Fire Safety Systems (FSS Code) on inert gas systems.

- amendments to SOLAS regulation II-2/10, concerning fire protection requirements for new ships designed to carry containers on or above the weather deck.

- amendments to SOLAS regulation II-2/13.4, mandating additional means of escape from machinery spaces.

- new SOLAS regulation II-2/20-1 Requirement for vehicle carriers carrying motor vehicles with compressed hydrogen or natural gas for their own propulsion, which sets additional requirements for ships with vehicle and ro-ro spaces intended for the carriage of motor vehicles with compressed hydrogen or compressed natural gas in their tanks as fuel.

- amendment 37-14 to the International Maritime Dangerous Goods (IMDG) Code.

- amendments to the International Life-Saving Appliance (LSA) Code related to the testing of lifejackets.



1 January 2016: MARPOL - carriage of stability instruments

Amendments to MARPOL Annex I, the Code for the Construction and Equipment of Ships carrying. Dangerous Chemicals in Bulk (B*H Code) and the International Code for the Construction and Equipment of Ships Carrying Dangerous Chemicals in Bulk (IBC Code), on mandatory carriage requirements for a stability instrument for oil tankers and chemical tankers.



1 March 2016: MARPOL - heavy fuel oil as ballast Antarctic

Amendments to:

• MARPOL Annex I regulation 43 concerning special requirements for the use or carriage of oils in the Antarctic area, to prohibit ships from carrying heavy grade oil on board as ballast;

• MARPOL Annex III, concerning the appendix on criteria for the identification of harmful substances in packaged form; and

• MARPOL Annex VI, concerning regulation 2 (Definitions), regulation 13 (Nitrogen Oxides (NOx) and the Supplement to the International Air Pollution Prevention Certificate (IAPP Certificate), in order to include reference to gas as fuel and to gas-fuelled engines.



1 July 2016 - SOLAS - container weight verification
Amendments to SOLAS chapter VI to require mandatory verification of the gross mass of containers, either by weighing the packed container; or weighing all packages and cargo items, using a certified method approved by the competent authority of the State in which packing of the container was completed;

1 July 2016 - SOLAS -atmosphere testing

Amendments to add a new SOLAS regulation XI-1/7 on Atmosphere testing instrument for enclosed spaces, to require ships to carry an appropriate portable atmosphere testing instrument or instruments, capable of measuring concentrations of oxygen, flammable gases or vapours, hydrogen sulphide and carbon monoxide, prior to entry into enclosed spaces. Consequential amendments to the Code for the Construction and Equipment of Mobile Offshore Drilling Units (1979, 1989 and 2009 MODU Codes) were also adopted. The MSC also approved a related MSC Circular on Early implementation of SOLAS regulation XI-1/7 on Atmosphere testing instrument for enclosed spaces; and

1 January 2017 – Polar Code
The International Code for Ships Operating in Polar Waters (Polar Code)and related amendments to make it mandatory under both SOLAS and MARPOL enter into force.

The Polar Code will apply to new ships constructed after 1 January 2017. Ships constructed before 1 January 2017 will be required to meet the relevant requirements of the Polar Code by the first intermediate or renewal survey, whichever occurs first, after 1 January 2018

1 January 2017 - MARPOL Annex I - oil residues
Amendments to regulation 12 of MARPOL Annex I, concerning tanks for oil residues (sludge). The amendments update and revise the regulation, expanding on the requirements for discharge connections and piping to ensure oil residues are properly disposed of.

1 January 2017 – SOLAS – IGF Code

International Code of Safety for Ships using Gases or other Low-flashpoint Fuels (IGF Code), along with amendments to make the Code

CBD Vessel 2.5 points Abaft your stbd beam, ROC exist. Whats your action??

CBD Vessel two points Abaft your port beam and ROC exists. Whats your action.

You are making a course 300(t), you see a white light(stern light) of a vessel on 1/2 points on your port bow. Her speed is less than your speed. ROC exist. What action will u prefer and why??

If the GM of the vessel increases,

A. Vessels over all stability increases.
B. Vessels over all stability decrease.
C. Can't say.

If the beam of the vessel increases, what will happen to the GM??

A. GM will increase.
B. GM will decrease.

What are the shapes and lights for vessel engaged in pushing??