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If excessive list occurs rapidly and unexpectedly it may be due to:
Failure of the hull plating.
Failure of an internal bulkhead between compartments.
Shift of cargo.
Flooding of a large space such as the engine room, where free surface can cause a list.
Damage through grounding or collision.
Incorrect operational procedures.
Steps to be taken immediately:
Stop any cargo, bunkering or ballast [...]
Posts Tagged ‘ballast’
Excessive List
Posted by author on June 12th, 2008
Posted in Ships Safety Procedure 
Tags: accordance with chapter, authorities, ballast, barge, bulkhead, bunkering, conjunction, corrective action, emergency alarm, failure, free surface, imminent danger, liquid substance, operational procedures, pollution control, soundings, tanks, transhipment 
No Comments »Grounding or Stranded
Posted by author on June 12th, 2008
If the vessel runs aground the following steps should be taken immediately:
Sound the emergency alarm and initiate emergency response procedures
Eliminate all avoidable sources of ignition and ban all smoking on board
Consider whether to stop air intake to accommodation and non-essential air intake to the engine-room
In the case of a noxious liquid substance, consider what protection [...]
Posted in Ships Safety Procedure Tags: air intake, ballast, barges, buoyancy, crew members, emergency alarm, emergency response procedures, essential air, forecast weather conditions, gradient, hull stress, hydrostatic pressure, inert gas, liquid substance, peril at sea, response team, soundings, tidal changes, tidal ranges, two tanks No Comments »Operation of Man Overboard Boat
Posted by author on June 7th, 2008
Based on experience with the dedicated MOB boats, the following guidelines shall be adhered to:
GENEREL OPERATION
The MOB boat is a rescue boat and shall primarily be used to save persons falling overboard from own or other vessel, or in any other emergency situation. All other use shall be limited. (The MOB-boat shall NOT be used [...]
Posted in Ships Safety Procedure Tags: anchorage, ballast, baltic region, boat crew, boat engine, boat operations, boats, bridge, cold water, crane driver, dispensation, emergency situation, good weather, hook, knots, leisure boat, max persons, mob, necessary orders, north sea, personnel safety, portable radio, precaution, radio communication, rescue boat, risk, s max, safety equipment, sea level, slow speed, stern, survival, tension, two persons, warmer waters, water areas, weather conditions, winch No Comments »Certification and documentation
Posted by author on June 7th, 2008
Certification:
Are all the statutory certificates listed in the VIQ where applicable, valid and have the annual and intermediate surveys been carried out within the required range dates?
Do the operator’s procedures manuals comply with ISM Code requirements?
Has the operator’s representative visited the vessel within the last six months?
Is a recent operator’s audit report available and is [...]
Posted in Pre-vetting/vetting information Tags: assessment scheme, audit report, ballast, c lassification, cap publications, class documentation, cofferdams, condition assessment, deficiencies, hull girder, intermediate surveys, ism code requirements, memoranda, oil tankers, procedures manuals, safety management system, survey plan, thickness measurement, viq, void spaces No Comments »Voyage Planning
Posted by author on June 6th, 2008
The Master’s Responsibility for Navigation
The Master has the ultimate responsibility for the ship’s navigation, which implies his personal supervision of the navigation officer of the watch (OOW), and to delegate authority to the OOW in accordance with established procedures and Master’s standing orders.
In all critical situations, and whenever such a situation is likely to occur, [...]
Posted in Navigation Tags: anchor, arrival and departure, astronomical observations, ballast, basic element, bearings, bridge team, bridge management, chart datum, collisions at sea, correct speed, correct vessel, dangerous situation, dardanelles, data sensor, deck crew, deep sea, departure port, distance calculations, dover straits, dual speed, electronic nautical charts, execution, fog, general communications, gps, gulf of suez, gyro, heavy traffic, heavy weather, helm, helmsman, hormuz strait, hydrographic data, light signals, log books, magnetic compass, making landfall, malacca strait, mishap, nautical publications, navigation officer, navigational equipment, navigational instruments, necessary bridge, necessary corrections, ocean voyage, oow, open sea, paper charts, pilot station, poor visibility, port of call, preventing collisions, preventive measures, proximity, RADAR, radar echoes, radar mapping, routine duties, routine procedure, safety system, sea areas, sea passages, sensor inputs, sensor limitations, singapore strait, speed reduction, stcw 95, system accuracy, target, tidal streams, traffic areas, traffic conditions, tropical storm, visibility No Comments »
