Case Studies

On board a laden bulk carrier on passage, the engine room staff were holding a meeting before starting work for the day.

An engineer was charged with burning garbage and oily rags in the vessel’s incinerator. At one point, smoke emerged from the exhaust pipe, accompanied by excessive vibration in the draft fan.

An offshore support vessel planned a routine launch of the rescue boat whilst at sea. A risk assessment was conducted and a permit to work was issued.

A ro-ro vessel was in port and crew were loading trailers. A Terberg tractor unit (four-wheel drive truck type) is used to pull 40-foot trailers onto the vessel and to place them in position for the voyage.

An oil/chemical tanker was underway in ballast. Tank cleaning operations started with gas freeing, the previous cargo having been benzene.

Just after sunset on a calm evening, a large inbound container ship was approaching the pilot boarding position about a mile NE of the harbour’s breakwater entrance.

At night, a container vessel had discharged all containers and commenced loading outbound containers, including reefer containers. Some hatches were left open after discharge was completed.

A portable gangway was arranged between the main deck and the terminal with the hooked end of the gangway on the ship’s side and the roller end on shore.

A general cargo vessel in ballast was transiting the restricted waterways of a canal in darkness.