Standby Vessels - Masters Pocket Book Series Media:Hardcopy Maritime vessels must display the

Maritime vessels must display the state flag with a complete coat of arms

It is proportioned in a ratio of 2:3

and the text is supported by annotated line drawings throughout

'Towing as a Business

Standby Vessels - Masters Pocket Book Series Media:Hardcopy Maritime vessels must display theOverview This book examines the operations of standby vessels covering the older, newer and converted types. When the first oil platforms were installed in the North Sea, a system of standby vessels was introduced. Initially these consisted of fishing boats hired casually to standby in the area of the platform to perform some kind of assistance in case of emergency. In 1988 came the Piper Alpha disaster which had a traumatic effect on the whole oil