Ship Handling

The present training program on oily water and separators supplemented with this training video, belongs to the series made of four parts that cover different important and practical aspects of the management of wastes commonly generated in the engine room of the ships. The other three parts of the training package cover the sewage and waste water treatment, the oil record book and, finally, the sludge and the incinerator.

Each of the programs also consists of a booklet and video. Upon completion of this particular part of the training, the trainees will be able to properly identify all typical sources of oily water and know how to minimize the amount of such water reaching the bilges; they will also know how to perform the control of the oily water content so that the shipboard oily water separator and oil content monitor, i.e. OWS and OCM can work properly.

They will get due understanding of the working principles of both separator and content meter and know the main features of operation and maintenance of the separators including important safety precautions. The program is highly recommended to the crew members of any vessel as well as to the students since it provides useful recommendations and instructions that, when duly followed, will allow better waste management.

The present booklet and associated training video film are devoted to the bunkering of the ships. If bunkering is carried out in a wrong way, it can lead to such undesired consequences such as health problems for the personnel, oil spills, damage occurring to the shipboard equipment as well as infringement of relevant national and international legislation.

The content of this package is primarily aimed at ship officers and rating, providing required practical guidance and analysis of the case studies, checklists and other resources, supplemented with the numerous extracts from the MARPOL Annex VI dealing with air pollution prevention. Bunker fuel is considered main source of energy commonly used in ships. This fuel is consumed by the main engine of the vessel driving the vessel along, and by the auxiliary engines feeding the heating and lighting etc.

The material presented in the booklet is arranged in several sections covering ordering of the bunker fuel, necessary preparations, the bunkering process itself including shore bunkering and other aspects. There are assessment questions to track the training progress and several appendices with sample forms, regulations and other information.

According to the numerous reviews collected throughout last century, this classic work one of the best textbooks on marine meteorology. It is considered culturally important and should be deservedly treated as part of the knowledge base built by our civilization. Originally released a century back, the content of the publication still remains true.

The marine meteorology itself depends on international efforts and each of the maritime nations devotes some portion of their public funds to the research and investigations in the subject field. The book starts with the introductory chapter describing what the term meteorology means and how the meteorological science shall be used by the navigators.

The second chapter is devoted to the instruments that are commonly used for the meteorological purposes at sea while the third one is dealing with the meteorological log books. The next several chapters of this book are covering the air/sea temperature and atmospheric pressure, wind-force scales, salinity of the sea water, winds including hurricanes and cyclones, ocean currents, synchronous charts, icebergs, snow and rain and many other weather phenomena. In addition to that, the author of the work has also covered ocean weather forecasting and other important aspects.

The publication has been written mainly for both trainee and professional ship deck officers, people who are currently studying for CoC, i.e. certificates of competency, in merchant vessels, and also for fishermen - it may be recommended to any person looking for the clear and plain introduction to this subject.

The book will provide detailed and clearly understandable descriptions of major forces and elements normally contributing to maritime meteorology as well as to the principles governing them. The content of the publication covers the passage planning and weather routing, cargo management and care in heavy weather condition, satellite technology, tropical storms and many other aspects of maritime meteorology.

It also features extensive glossary of terminology used, revision questions that will let you track the learning progress, chart of ocean currents and so many explanatory and informative data diagrams and photos. The content of the book is perfectly laid-out and contains many images making understanding much easier. A remarkably valuable resource for those interested in knowing everything about marine weather. All of the descriptions are very accurate and comprehensive.

A very useful publication prepared by the MarineInsight team. The volume is intended to provide readers with the guidance related to the drydocking operations for the machinery room department of the vessels. Usually, the vessel is drydocked with the purpose to conduct periodical surveys of the underwater part of the hull, carry out major conversions, repairs and modifications that cannot be done while the vessel is afloat.

The present document will give some answers to the basic questions relating the drydocking. Successful completion of the drydocking activities will definitely require careful planning and following all procedures and leaves no room for mistakes. Should the planning be done wrong, drydocking can turn into a real nightmare for every crew member. The book opens with the section explaining in general what drydocking is and how and when it is performed.

The second section advises the basic steps to be done to plan the drydocking properly, while the third section is devoted to the crew members involvement. Finally, the closing section of the guide addresses how office supporting personnel are normally involved in drydocking. As you see, a good teamwork is necessary for the successful drydocking.

A real ship stability information manual of the Diamond 53 which is the handymax sized bulk carrier design. The document will serve as an excellent reference source when used for training purposes by the people learning how to develop a good stability manuals and understand typical arrangement of the paper. The document starts with the general introduction providing instruction to the ship's Master.

Then the information comes related to the main particulars of the vessel, definitions used throughout the document and conversion table. The next major part of the manual contains necessary information about the stability of the vessel, free surface effect, proper use of the data tables, visibility and air draught, draught/trim calculations, ship displacement, hydrostatic data, stability curves, stability criteria, ballast water exchange info, calculation of load and strength, and other important aspects.

The rest of the chapters in the manual provide tank capacity information, ship loading conditions, distribution of the lightweight, working examples, stability data including KN and MS tables, max KG and min LM limits, inclining test and other information. All relevant drawings are also included together with the loading conditions.

The template to be used when preparing the anchor handling manual. The content of the manual shall be read and duly understood by all crew members who are either indirectly or directly engaged in any rig mode and towing activities. Special attention shall be paid to the stability of the ship and emergency procedures. The content of the template was developed by the specialists of the MSF, standing for the Marine Safety Forum.

It starts with the document description and information plus the revision status - this is the first page leading to the main content. The Manual is specifically intended to provide all required guidance for safe anchor handling activities conducted on board the vessel. It should be read and used together with the procedures established by the Company as well as relevant international guidelines and other procedures commonly provided by the charterers of the vessel. The anchor handling normally implies special marine operations.

Noting the high tensions that are experienced in the wires and chains we may expect high heeling moments; another consequence may be transverse/astern movements of the AHTS. In addition, the motion of the vessel may also get affected by the hauling speed of the winch or other factors such as the loss on the bollard pull... The content is arranged in several sections covering anchor handling operations, bollard pull calculations, procedures to be used for anchor handling and towing, risk assessment and stability calculations winch details, emergency procedures etc.

The present official training is aimed at the Masters and deck officers as well as senior engineers of the oil and chemical tankers, i.e. vessels considered subject to the VEC, i.e. vapor emission control. It supplements the video training devoted to VEC.

The declared learning objectives are to provide trainees with due understanding of the importance of VEC and with the good technical knowledge of the VEC systems that are commonly installed on such vessels, the layout of these systems, associated equipment and effective protective mechanisms. The trainees who go through both this booklet and video training will be able to operate the VEC system is a safe and efficient manner and will become thoroughly familiar with the applicable regulations and requirements.

The arrangement of the material in this booklet is similar to the one of the video - it opens with the introductory information followed by the several chapters addressing operation and training, procedures before arrival and loading, and after loading the cargo, lightering issues and others. there is a short glossary for easy use, and some questions for self-assessment. The appendices provide checklists to be filled prior to the use of the VEC system, and also sample VOC Management Plan for reference.