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FLEET OPERATION MANUAL Date 01.01.2005
PORT OPERATIONS
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SECTION 11.5
to keep a check on tally while discharging. Make sure only the correct cars are
discharged.
Maintain a very strict anti pilferage watch; there have been many pilferage incidences on
board Pure Car Carrier Vessels. Small items as car stereo should be specially looked
after.
11.5.3.2 Damages to cars in the yard during cargo operation
It is strictly prohibited to touch or drive any car kept on the wharf or terminal yard by the
ship’s crew.
Any over flow during bunkering operation will not only cause a pollution hazard but
it may also cause stain damages to the cars in the terminal yard
While in the port and doing cargo operation, no spray painting should be carried out.
Since sprayed paint may be blown on to the cars on the wharf by wind or exhaust from
any cargo compartments.
Due car should be taken when choosing the overboard discharge for deballasting
operation. Choose off shore over board discharge since the discharge from ballast may
cause sea sprays on car and damage them. Check for any leaky pipe or hoses on deck.
Rat guards can be fitted next to the bollard and not on the fore castle. Make a small hole
in the rat guard on top to fix the small piece of rope to effectively secure the rat guard to
the mooring line it is attached to.
No soot blowing should be carried out in port. Soot will damage the paint of cars which
are on the wharf. Regular soot blowing should be carried out before entering every port.
When ever throwing the heaving line to the jetty, be carefully not to throw the same on to
the cars on the wharf.
11.5.4 Fire Safety Precautions during cargo operations
On Ro-Ro Cargo Carriers the fire spreads very fast. It does not give any time to us to get our fire
fighting systems in readiness. For this reason our fire fighting equipment should be highest state
of readiness at all times.
A small fire is possible in cargo area or inside the accommodation. This small fire can spread very
fast at if not extinguished in time; reason is the connectivity of all cargo compartments and long
single deck accommodation.
Only way to reduce the probability of incidence of fire is by taking all the necessary fire prevention
precautions and keeping our fire fighting systems in highest state of alert.
Some of the fire precautions during the cargo operations are as follows:
The most important is for the crew to be aware of the location of every gas tight door.
Also the Master, chief engineer, chief officer, the duty officer and the duty A. B. should
be fully aware at any time which all gas tight doors are open and which is closed. Record
of opening and closing of all watertight and gas tight doors should be maintained.
The Fire fighting system should be in highest state of alert.