Cargo Handling

This Accident is based on the experiences of the UK P&I Club. As you go through this course, ask yourself, "Could this happen on my ship?”. “Could I take corrective action?”

According to the MLC regulations, all countries should make provisions for health and safety legislation to cover all shipping operations. In the instance of lifting and slinging involving the use of cranes, this means that all flag and port state regulations for the use of cranes must be implemented onboard ships when using these pieces of machinery.

This course aims to provide general and useful information about safe rigging and slinging practice.

Ship-to-ship transfer operations, also known as STS operations, are operations where crude oil or petroleum products are transferred between seagoing tanker ships moored alongside each other at sea. Such operations can take place when one ship is at anchor or both are underway at very low speeds.

An introduction to the Inert Gas system and the methods of operation.
Due to the volatile nature of many of the cargoes carried on board tankers, there is a need to reduce the likelihood of fire by some means. The most effective way of doing this in cargo tanks is by reducing the atmospheric oxygen content within the tank to less than is required to support combustion. This is achieved by inerting the tanks.

This course, with relevant checklists and work instructions, applies to Tankers carrying MARPOL Annex I cargo and Combination Carriers when carrying oil.

It provides tanker crew familiarisation with hazards and precautions for the safe handling and carriage of MARPOL Annex 1 oil cargoes, including tank preparations. The course contents are in line with statutory regulations and best industry practices.

When the vessel is loading cargo, it is important to not only load the maximum amount but also to comply with the provisions of the International Convention on Load Lines - 1966. Failing to comply with the provisions of the convention can lead to huge fines for the ship and also cause unnecessary delays. (This course will teach ship officers how to correctly use the load lines to ensure the maximum cargo is loaded onto the ship in compliance with the convention.)

Oil cargo spillages are a large MARPOL concern and usually avoidable if correct procedures are followed. This course is based on a case study and explains the hazards and risks of oil cargo operations with respect to the human element and discusses ways to limit the impact of poor management of the operations.

In this course we will introduce the guidelines and procedures for tank washing and protection. The regular tank coatings and the differences between chemical and water tank washing will be covered.

The Memorandum of Understanding for the Transport of Dangerous Goods on Ro-Ro Ships in the Baltic Sea [Baltic MoU] is a multilateral agreement on the transport of dangerous goods in packaged form between Denmark, Germany, Poland, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Sweden that has existed for more than 20 years. The objective with the Baltic MoU is to create an agreement that efficiently combine the rules to enable transport of dangerous goods on certain short routes in the Baltic Sea while maintaining safety but eliminating the need to relabel or reload goods between modes of transport.

Welcome to an introductory course on container firefighting where you will learn about different container types, what classes of cargo are stored inside them and how to boundary cool in the case of a fire on board.

Determining the ship's stability is essential for its safe navigation. Ship stability calculations require ship officers to extract the values of hydrostatic parameters from the hydrostatic tables. This course will familiarise you with the contents of the hydrostatic tables and teach you the correct method of extrapolating data from them. Ship officers responsible for ship stability calculations or officers training to do so in the future will highly benefit from this course.