The DryBMS Cargo and Ballast Standard: What Excellence Actually Requires
DryBMS cargo and ballast — Subject Area 20 in the DBCE framework — covers…
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Practical insights on VDR audits, SMS management, SIRE 2.0, vetting prep and HSEQ compliance from Capt. Gaurav Khanna, Master Mariner and Founder of Vraga Marine Services. Articles are researched and drafted with AI assistance, then reviewed, edited and checked against primary documents by the author.
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The Manual Got Sent. Version Control Isn’t the Same as Received.
Version control has two requirements built into it under ISM 11.2, and most fleets…
A Wrong Answer Doesn’t Fix Itself. Document Control Decides Who Fixes It.
Document control is the part of ISM most people file under paperwork, and it’s…
Your Working Language Policy Covers the Manual. It Doesn’t Cover the Question.
Working language is a defined obligation, not a courtesy. ISM 6.6 requires the Company…
Objective Evidence Is the Bar. Most “AI Search” Doesn’t Clear It.
Objective evidence has a specific meaning in the ISM Code, and it isn’t a…
Your SMS Passed the Gap Analysis. SMS Search Wasn’t Part of the Test.
SMS search is the test a gap analysis was never built to run. A…
TMSA Self Assessment: Declare What You Can Sustain, Not What You Aspire To
TMSA stands for Tanker Management and Self Assessment. Most companies handle Tanker and Management…
SOLAS Pilot Transfer Arrangements 2028: What Ship Managers Need to Know
The new SOLAS pilot transfer arrangements 2028 requirements — adopted by the IMO Maritime…
Bridge Procedures Is a DryBMS Priority Area. It Still Doesn’t Move Your Score.
Subject Area 21 — Bridge procedures & standards — is one of seventeen subject…
ECDIS Performance Standards 2026: What MSC.530(106)/Rev.1 Actually Changes
Most bridge teams know MSC.232(82) as the ECDIS performance standard. It has been operative…
SIRE 2.0 Performance Influencing Factors: All 9, Explained One by One
Every negative observation in SIRE 2.0 gets classified two ways: what’s being reported on…
The Officer Wrote It Correctly. The Auditor Can’t Read It: The Language Barrier in RISQ Findings
The language barrier in RISQ findings starts with a question most fleets answer without…