Frequently Asked Questions

Answers drawn from the public STCW Booker knowledge library. More articles are added as content is approved.

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• What are the SOLAS requirements for liferafts?
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• What is a Tanker Ship?
• What is Offshore Supply Vessel?
• What is OSV?
• What is an OSV?
• What does GMDSS stand for?
• What does IMO stand for?
• What is Risk Assessment?
• What is Ballast Water Management?
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• What is quantum computing?
• What is the ISPS Code?
• Where is DG Shipping located?
• Where is ILO located?
• Where is IMO located?
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• What is DGS Training Circular 01 of 2024 GMDSS ROC about?
• What is DGS Order No. 20 of 2020 about CoPs during COVID-19?
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• What is a rudder?
• What is SOLAS?
• What is steering gear?
• What is the role of IMO?
• What is full form of solas?
• What are the major responsibilities of the Master under SOLAS?
• Which SOLAS chapters are most relevant for Basic Safety Training students?
• Which SOLAS regulations are commonly checked during Port State Control inspections?
• Explain the relationship between SOLAS and the LSA Code
• Compare SOLAS Chapter II-1 and Chapter II-2
• Explain SOLAS in simple language for a first-time deck cadet
• A fire breaks out in the engine room of a cargo ship. Which SOLAS requirements become applicable?
• Explain the difference between SOLAS and STCW
• Does SOLAS apply to every ship?
• Which SOLAS chapter covers Radio Communications and GMDSS?
• Which SOLAS chapter covers Life Saving Appliances and Arrangements?
• Which SOLAS chapter deals with Fire Protection, Fire Detection and Fire Extinction?
• How many chapters are there in the SOLAS Convention?
• Why was the SOLAS Convention introduced?
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• What is DGS Order No. 01 of 2025 Digital Certification Application DCA?
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• What is Rhumb Line?
• What is Great Circle?
• What is Terrestrial Navigation?
• What is Celestial Navigation?
• What is Tide?
• What is Notice to Mariners?
• What is Admiralty Chart?
• What is RNC?
• What is ENC?
• What is CATZOC?
• What is UKC?
• What is Interaction?
• What is Bank Effect?
• What is Squatting?
• What is KG?
• What is GM?
• What is Free Surface Effect?
• What is Damage Stability?
• What is Trim and Stability?
• What is Lashing?
• What is Heavy Lift?
• What is Timber Code?
• What is Grain Code?
• What is CSS Code?
• What is EmS?
• What is MFAG?
• What is SDS?
• What is Compatibility?
• What is Purging?
• What is Gas Freeing?
• What is Flammability Diagram?
• What is Inert Gas?
• What is Crude Oil Washing?
• What is Innage?
• What is Ullage?
• What is Draft Survey?
• What is Gangway?
• What is Permit to Work?
• What is Toolbox Talk?
• What is Risk Assessment?
• What is Cold Work?
• What is Hot Work?