Chapter 1 Structures and Facilities of Sea-going Ships 1.1 Types of Sea-going Ships 1.2 Deck Facilities and Mooring Lines 1.3 Draft and Draft Scales 1.4 Deadweight and Loadlines 1.5 Ship Tonnage 1.6 Ship Particulars Chapter 2 Weather Conditions & Seas 2.1 Winds 2.2 Currents 2.3 Waves and Swells 2.4 Tides 2.5 Visibilities 2.6 Weather Phenomena Chapter 3 Ship Manoeuvring Techniques 3.1 Ship Parameters That Affect Manoeuvrability 3.2 Wind Effects on Ship Movement 3,3 Current Effects on Ship Manoeuvring 3.4 Shallow Effects on Ship Manoeuvring 3.5 Bank Effects on Ship Manoeuvring 3.6 Wave Effects on Ship Manoeuvring Chapter 4 Emergency Responses and Search and Rescue Operations 4.1 Emergency Operations for Failure of Main Steering Facilities 4.2 Search and Rescue Operations 4.3 Salvage Operations Chapter 5 Ship Technical Conditions and Cargo 5.1 Ship Signaling Systems 5.2 Stability 5.3 Navigation Bridge Visibility 5.4 Longitudinal Strength 5.5 Safety Affected by Cargo Stowage and Passenger Distribution Chapter 6 Meteorological Systems and Weather Forecast 6.1 Cold Air, Warm Air and Fronts 6.2 Characters of Tropical Cyclones in China Seas 6.3 Weather Report