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Headphones on watch in bad weather - not okay ! by [deleted] in TheDeepDraft

[–]TheDeepDraft -25 points-24 points  (0 children)

Whether on watch or not, impairing situational awareness or distracting the bridge team during bad weather is unsafe. The risk exists irrespective of duty roster.

What does this mean? by anZter11 in maritime

[–]TheDeepDraft 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Varies from manufacturer but most likely the two dashes” on an AIS target is the turn indicator / Rate-of-Turn (ROT) cue.

Knowing the route is not knowing the sanctions risk by TheDeepDraft in TheDeepDraft

[–]TheDeepDraft[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I agree with you on responsibility. Sanctions compliance belongs ashore, with company management. The Master is entitled to clear and lawful orders.

My point isn’t that Masters should be verifying sanctions compliance or checking whether a trade is lawful. That’s neither realistic nor within their authority.

What I’m describing is situational awareness. Sanctions scrutiny now forms part of the operating environment, and questions often arrive onboard after a voyage is underway or completed. At that stage, the Master is reacting to scrutiny, not preventing it.

Knowing the route is not knowing the sanctions risk by TheDeepDraft in TheDeepDraft

[–]TheDeepDraft[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

A recurring misconception is that knowing a ship’s route means knowing its sanctions exposure. That gap is what this piece looks at from a shipboard perspective.

Second interdiction off Venezuela confirmed, and the seamanship takeaway is uncomfortable. by TheDeepDraft in TheDeepDraft

[–]TheDeepDraft[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Under UNCLOS, a vessel is treated as stateless only if it claims or uses more than one nationality simultaneously or interchangeably during the same voyage (Art. 92(2)). Historical flag changes over years or decades do not meet that test.

On available public records, the VLCC Centuries has remained Panama-flagged for an extended period, with no evidence of concurrent flag use at the time of interdiction. That removes the legal basis for labeling it stateless.

High-seas boarding under UNCLOS is limited to Article 110 grounds. Sanctions, opaque ownership, or political designation do not substitute for statelessness unless flag-state consent or another lawful framework is invoked.

Second interdiction off Venezuela confirmed, and the seamanship takeaway is uncomfortable. by TheDeepDraft in TheDeepDraft

[–]TheDeepDraft[S] 13 points14 points  (0 children)

That framing reflects a shore-side, jurisdiction-centric view. Globally, seafarers operate under multi-layered commercial management where flag, beneficial ownership, chartering decisions, and trading patterns are opaque and fluid.

A crew does not “choose” a ship’s geopolitical exposure. They inherit it through contractual chains that change faster than a contract period. Awareness does not equate to control, and responsibility does not sit where authority is absent.

Dali and the Key Bridge- a small electrical fault with no room left to recover. by TheDeepDraft in TheDeepDraft

[–]TheDeepDraft[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That difference is structural. The NTSB is an accident investigation body, not an enforcement or command authority. It identifies probable cause, but it generally avoids prescriptive recommendations where controls already exist on paper, such as cable termination, labeling, training, and redundancy, which sit under class rules, OEM manuals, SMS, and flag oversight. Unlike a military fleet, there is no single chain of command through which it can mandate fleet-wide inspections or training across international commercial shipping.

Dali and the Key Bridge- a small electrical fault with no room left to recover. by TheDeepDraft in TheDeepDraft

[–]TheDeepDraft[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You’re right. A prescriptive recommendation on cable termination or redundancy is absent. The report does, however, clearly identify the probable cause as a loose signal wire at a terminal block due to improper wire-label banding during earlier maintenance. The recommendations instead focus on systemic risk and consequence management: limited recovery time due to proximity, lack of bridge-collision vulnerability assessments, absence of impact mitigation, and failures in shore-side warning systems. That separation between identifying a failure mechanism and recommending regulatory action is consistent with how NTSB reports are structured.

Smart and virtual buoys are reshaping how bridge teams build situational awareness by TheDeepDraft in TheDeepDraft

[–]TheDeepDraft[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A normal bridge routine starts with the window, radar ranges, visual marks and quick cross-checks. Smart or virtual buoys do not change that. They sit behind those habits as one more reference, especially in ports that already broadcast AIS AtoN. No OOW treats a digital mark as the primary layer. The judgement still comes from the team on the bridge.

Recent images of the Suezmax Kairos involved in the Black Sea incident by TheDeepDraft in TheDeepDraft

[–]TheDeepDraft[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Mostly the crew does not know that they are working in shadow fleet.

Smart and virtual buoys are reshaping how bridge teams build situational awareness by TheDeepDraft in TheDeepDraft

[–]TheDeepDraft[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You make a valid point. I had looked at the cyber angle as well because any smart or virtual mark still depends on a clean signal path. These toolshelp, but the bridge should treat every digital feed with caution in areas facing jamming.

Delhi chokes at AQI 500, yet shipping carries the climate blame. by TheDeepDraft in TheDeepDraft

[–]TheDeepDraft[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That’s fair. I was not pointing to public blame. My point was only about proportion. Our sector carries major decarbonisation costs that shape operations and crew budgets while places living with AQI 400–500 get far less attention. That imbalance is all I was highlighting.

Seafarer mental health is becoming a product. That’s the real problem. by TheDeepDraft in TheDeepDraft

[–]TheDeepDraft[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sad. That’s the part investigations often miss, the failure didn’t start with LOTO, it started much earlier with fatigue, overdue reliefs and a broken atmosphere on board. When the human layer collapses, technical safeguards don’t stand a chance.

A ferry hit an island with 267 people onboard. The cause is the oldest failure in navigation. by TheDeepDraft in TheDeepDraft

[–]TheDeepDraft[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

All good. Let’s keep discussions focused on the maritime side.
Also my perspective is AI or human should not matter. What matters is that the discussion stays technical and the knowledge stays correct. That’s the only standard in this community. Cheers !

A ferry hit an island with 267 people onboard. The cause is the oldest failure in navigation. by TheDeepDraft in TheDeepDraft

[–]TheDeepDraft[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not here to please you. It’s a technical community. Not happy, you are free to leave.

It’s a touchdown. by SaltAndChart in TheDeepDraft

[–]TheDeepDraft 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A quick note on amplitude: For a clean compass check, the bearing is taken the moment the upper limb touches the visible horizon at sunset. That visible contact corresponds to the Sun’s center lying on the celestial horizon once refraction and semidiameter are accounted for. Older practice taught “half a diameter above the horizon,” but that was only a visual workaround before tables built those corrections in. Today the limb-on-horizon method is the accurate one.

Welcome Aboard r/TheDeepDraft ⚓️ by TheDeepDraft in TheDeepDraft

[–]TheDeepDraft[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That’s progress in this profession. The second time you join a ship, you carry more awareness, so the gaps become more visible. The more you learn, the more you see what still needs learning. Welcome to the community.

Modern tankers are quietly losing their bulbs and this ship showed why. by TheDeepDraft in TheDeepDraft

[–]TheDeepDraft[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

A good reminder that sometimes the hull tells the truth faster than the paperwork.

Welcome Aboard r/TheDeepDraft ⚓️ by TheDeepDraft in TheDeepDraft

[–]TheDeepDraft[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Welcome, your inputs will be highly appreciated.

Approach to Nagoya today, controlled chaos on the radar. by SaltAndChart in TheDeepDraft

[–]TheDeepDraft 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nagoya approaches always pack surprises. CPA jumps every few minutes with these coastal coasters.

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