Emergency Procedures

This course is tailored for cadets, and also recently qualified officers and ratings (beginners). This course will guide you through the basics of engine room operations.

Marine firefighting and safety, stand as pillars of maritime security and well-being. In the challenging and often remote environment of the open sea, where lives and valuable assets are at stake, these practices play a pivotal role. From the prevention of fires to the rapid response and utilisation of advanced safety systems, the world of marine firefighting and safety is a crucial aspect of maritime operations, ensuring the protection of crew members, passengers, and vessels navigating the world's oceans.

This course is designed to empower maritime professionals with the expertise required to tackle hull damage and potential abandonment scenarios in bulk carriers. With a focus on safety, regulatory compliance, and best practices, this course equips participants with the skills needed to safeguard lives and assets at sea.

Welcome to "Handling of Toxic Cargoes on Tankers," a specialised training designed to enhance the safety and expertise of maritime professionals in managing hazardous materials. In this course, we shall cover essential topics such as the properties of toxic cargoes, regulatory compliance, safe handling practices, and emergency response procedures. By the end of this course, participants will have gained the foundational knowledge and skills needed to safely transport toxic cargo, ensuring the protection of health, safety, and the environment.

The Sharnov Turn is one of the most widely recognises man overboard manoeuvres, the others being the Anderson and the Williamson.

The Anderson Turn is one of the most widely recognises man overboard manoeuvres, the others being the Sharnov and the Williamson.

Psychological distress is not always as visible as physical injuries but can be just as painful and debilitating. When people are faced with extreme situations that result in disaster, many will experience intense emotions in the form of apprehension and fear, as well as uncertainty and confusion.

Handling Static Accumulator Cargoes on Tanker Vessels. This focused training equips maritime professionals with essential knowledge on managing static accumulator cargoes, covering safety practices, regulatory compliance, and emergency procedures to ensure safe and efficient operations.

No one knows when a crisis or an emergency will occur. Therefore, it is important that an ‘Emergency Preparedness Meeting’ is held as soon as the Master or the CE signs on. In this short course, you will be introduced to a version of an Emergency Preparedness meeting which may be novel to you.

How fast can you get into an immersion suit? Knowing how to properly and quickly don a suit dramatically increases your chance of survival. You are seven times more likely to survive an emergency at sea if you are wearing an immersion suit.

This course teaches you the dangers of hypothermia and how to properly don, store, maintain & inspect immersion suits. See a visual demonstration for donning a suit and helpful tips when running drills.

Under SOLAS requirements, vessels must complete drills on board at regular intervals to ensure that personnel and equipment are ready for emergencies that may develop. STCW amendments also require training to be conducted onboard to allow seafarers to renew their STCW certification without the need to complete the full course again every 5 years. Making the drills effective and useful is, therefore, a priority for vessel managers and Masters to ensure the training is relevant, no time is wasted and the seafarers receive value from the exercises.

Under SOLAS requirements, vessels must complete drills on board at regular intervals to ensure that personnel and equipment are ready for emergencies that may develop. STCW amendments also require training to be conducted onboard to allow seafarers to renew their STCW certification without the need to complete the full course again every 5 years. Making the drills effective and useful is, therefore, a priority for vessel managers and Masters to ensure the training is relevant, no time is wasted and the seafarers receive value from the exercises.