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Univan Ship Management Limited Issue 1 REV 0 Page 1/2 FLEET OPERATION MANUAL Date 01.01.2005 CARGO CARE AND SAFETY ROUTINES DURING THE VOYAGE 11.6 Cargo care and safety Routines during the voyage 11.6.1 Safety Routines. Copyrights: Univan Ship Management Limited, Hong Kong. All rights reserved Any unauthorized reproduction of this manual, in any form is prohibited SECTION 11.6 Well the cargo is precious it requires taking care of, not only while loading discharging but during the voyage as well. One of the simple reasons is cargo stays on board ships for a longer period of time, than on the yards. Following are the safety routines in general to be followed on Ro-Ro Cargo Carriers: 1) Check the lashing of the loaded vehicles, immediately after sailing from load port. You may require to amend the lashings in the following cases: In case any vehicle left unlashed. In case any of the lashing you may find is loose. In case any of the lashing is twisted. If the lashings have been placed at a wrong angle. In case of, the lashing is touching the ship’s structure in the cargo hold, such as frames and brackets etc. If there is no wooden wedges placed under the tire of the vehicles stowed in the slope way. 2) Immediately after sailing from check the condition of vehicles. Check the following and amend if required: The hand brake should be on. The transmission gear in the correct place. Vehicles are kept un-locked. All the antennas retracted. Keys out of ignition and kept inside the gloves box. All doors closed. No cabin light or outside light is on. 3) Must notify Univan and the charterers or the owners, as the case may be regarding improper lashing with locations, and load port. 4) Lashing condition should again be checked whenever necessary in the following cases: When the rough weather is anticipated. During the rough weather. Vessel should be hove to and lashing should be checked. After experiencing the rough weather, again all the lashings must be tended. In the loaded voyage, after completing the part discharge in every discharge port. 5) Leakages and oil spills should be cleaned immediately. Take all the measures to contain such leaks and protect the other vehicles for getting stain damages. 6) Every day in loaded voyage the round of the cargo spaces should be taken to check the following regarding condition of cargo holds: Flammable gases must be ventilated out of the cargo hold at regular interval. Best is to start a morning routine of stating the exhausts and then taking the round to the cargo spaces. This will avoid any accumulation of gases in the cargo spaces.
Univan Ship Management Limited Issue 1 REV 0 Page 2/2 FLEET OPERATION MANUAL Date 01.01.2005 CARGO CARE AND SAFETY ROUTINES DURING THE VOYAGE Copyrights: Univan Ship Management Limited, Hong Kong. All rights reserved Any unauthorized reproduction of this manual, in any form is prohibited SECTION 11.6 No condensation or water in the bilges. If there is some water in the bilge pump it out. Check for any leakage of oil or grease from the ship’s pipes or structure or wire ropes. Any leakage of ballast water from the pipes and valves. Any foul smell in the cargo compartments. Daily record soundings of cargo hold bilges should be maintained. Remember any leakage in the cargo area will cause a large free surface moment to form, which may be extremely dangerous to the stability of the vessel. In any foreign material such as piece of rust is found lying on the car body, No attempt should be made to remove, or else this may scratch the car paint. 7) Check for any cargo damage during the voyage. If any such damage is noted inform Univan and the charterers or the owners, as the case may be. And also preserve all evidence of damages. 8) On inspection, if you find that some of the cars are loaded in such conditions that they may face difficulty in discharging. Such cars must be marked with High Damage Potential cars by sticking a label on to the wind screen. 9) Check for port separation is correctly marked. If not mark it correctly. You may check the integrity of the gas tight doors by running the fans, closing the gas tight doors and placing the separation tape next to the rubber joint. If the separation tape moves there is a leak in the gas tight door. Otherwise there is no leak. 11.6.2 Ventilation On a Pure Car Carrier the ventilation system for the cargo spaces should be maintained in good order. Ventilation should not only be carried out in port, but also at sea to remove any accumulation of flammable gases. Keep in mind the following points regarding ventilation 1) Ventilation system should be in top condition. 2) The damper flaps should be rust free. As rust as well as moisture can cause stain damages to cars. 3) Do not do the ventilation during rough seas. Keep all dampers in closed position. Otherwise you may have stain damages from sea sprays. 4) Check the gas in cargo compartment as daily routine and operate ventilation fans. 5) Before starting ventilation do the following checks: The dampers should be in open position. Confirm 3 generators are running to take the load of fans Carry out the lamp and alarm test on the fan switch panel. Start the fan, confirm indicator light is on and fans actually running 6) Before arrival ports please ensure all the cargo spaces are gas free and there is no smell and bad odour in the cargo space. This is important because there have been delays to vessel because of complaints from the stevedores and long shore men.
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