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If a fire/ explosion occur onboard on deck or other areas outside engine- and technical rooms, the Master and crew shall act in accordance with the vessel’s Station Bill. The chief officer/ chief engineer will initiate the following steps with the vessel’s fire teams to bring the situation under control.
If applicable stop ventilation and close [...]
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Fire/ Explosion on Deck
Posted by author on June 15th, 2008
Posted in Ships Safety Procedure 
Tags: anchorage, bunkering, chief engineer, chief officer, environmental pollution, extent, fire area, fire brigade, fire explosion, fire teams, guns, monitors, port authorities, powder cannons, priorities, situation under control, ventilation, water spray 
No Comments »Fire/ Explosion in Engine Room/ Technical Rooms
Posted by author on June 15th, 2008
If a fire/ explosion occur onboard in the engine room or other technical rooms the Master and crew shall act in accordance with the vessel’s Station Bill. The chief engineer/ chief officer will initiate the following steps with the vessel’s fire teams to bring the situation under control.
Stop ventilation and close all air intakes
Locate soonest [...]
Oil or Noxious Liquid Substances Cargo Release at Terminal, at Anchor or at Sea
Posted by author on June 12th, 2008
Danger to personnel, the vessel or shore installations should be given priority over the potential for pollution. However, release of noxious liquid substances into the sea can create dangerous situations through reaction between the liquid and water.
Steps to be taken immediately :
Stop any cargo, bunkering or ballasting operations in progress, and close all tank valves [...]
Posted in Ships Safety Procedure Tags: barge, bunkering, classification society, corrective action, dangerous situations, hull stress, imminent danger, information sheet, liquid level, liquid substance, mitigation, necessary calculations, oily water, pollution control, shore installations, tank coating, tank type, tank valves, transhipment, type material No Comments »Dangerous Cargo Reactions, and Cargo Contamination Yielding a Hazardous Condition
Posted by author on June 12th, 2008
This is an inherent danger associated with the carriage of chemical cargoes and noxious liquid substances. If a dangerous cargo reaction or contamination of a cargo yielding a hazardous condition occurs, the consequences to the safety of the vessel, its crew and nearby shore personnel will be paramount, and must take priority. However, a result [...]
Posted in Ships Safety Procedure Tags: accordance with chapter, barge, bunkering, cargoes, classification society, contamination, corrective action, dangerous cargo, early warning, hazardous condition, imminent danger, inert gas, liquid level, mitigation, nearby shore, necessary calculations, salvage, spill, tank valves, transhipment No Comments »Hazardous Vapour Release
Posted by author on June 12th, 2008
For oil tankers and cargo vessels at sea, it is unlikely that a significant marine pollution hazard will be created solely by vapour release. In port the main problem with such an event is the safety of the crew and nearby shore personnel in a flammable or toxic atmosphere.
Steps to be taken immediately:
Stop any cargo, [...]
