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| LNG Tanker ship |
It’s agreed that in chemical and oil tankers, there are numerous
hazards involved. Therefore it’s very important to exercise good safety precautions
during all kinds of cargo operations. On this article , we are going to look into
ten important things you need to do, in other to have a safe and splendid cargo
operation ( Loading or discharging).
Firstly , before commencement of loading or discharging ,
you must make sure that all valve settings and lines on all tanks has been
checked one more time, to avoid failure or leakages. If in case
of loading, the officer in charge must make sure that he or she certified with the cargo system readiness and all the
information of the cargo has been received. In addition, the 10 precautions listed below should
be observe in other to guide you more :
1.
Make sure that the grade & quantity of the
cargo to be receive has been agreed with the other party.
2. Take note of the loading rate and agree with the
other party on the what rate to start or stop with.
3. It’s important that all ship crews who are
involve on the loading operation, must be ready before commencement.
4.
Check for your company loading or discharge safety
checklist, complete them as required.
5. It’s
also important to check your tank low and high level alarms and make sure they
are in operational.
6.
Make sure maintain the cargo log i.e ( time &
date of each event).
7.
In each tanks, you must maintain ullage space to
allow for heating cargo as required by the shipper.
8.
The officer on duty must make sure that tanks
that are topped off are properly isolated from other tank.
9.
In about 90% of the loading operation, the
officer on duty must notify the other party
to reduce rate , to enable you stabilize the cargo or maintain other requirements.
10. In every loading operation, an experienced deck officer
must be on watch , to monitor and make sure the operation was successful and
safe.
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