
This publication provides detailed guidance on chemical tanker practice, from commencement of the voyage until its completion. It includes stowage planning, tank cleaning, loading, conditions of carriage, ballasting and discharge. The appendices provide useful reference material on chemical compounds, storage compatibilities, IMO regulations, record keeping and the Shipboard Marine Pollution Emergency Plan (SMPEP).
This book looks in turn at every stage of a chemical voyage, including:
- The importance of product identification and how this affects stowage, segregation and handling
- methods of tank cleaning and testing
- loading rates and temperatures, sampling, cargo calculations, deballasting, cargo tank vapour return systems
- conditions of carriage – heated cargo, nitrogen blanket cargo, recirculation, inhibited cargo
- preparations for arrival, pumps and discharge procedures, ballasting
- prewashing of tanks and piping systems.
The text is supported with over 40 ‘experience boxes’ based on the author’s own observations and experience. These provide additional practical guidance and highlight potential hazards when handling chemical cargoes.
There are many operations that are carried out simultaneously onboard a chemical tanker, such as loading, discharging, tank cleaning, gas freeing, ballasting, deballasting and so on. However, the main rule onboard any tanker is that all operations are to be conducted in a competent and professional manner.
Certain operations must be suspended if there is any threat or likelihood of loss of control.
The chemical tanker fulfils the most extreme idea of customer satisfaction by offering ‘Just in Time’ (JIT) transport of a multitude of liquid cargoes.
The availability of tankage, the substances being loaded or discharged and quite often the need for the tanks to be discharged, cleaned and then loaded with another substance all are causes of a series of logistical problems.
This book is designed to provide some answers on ‘what to do’ and ‘how to do it’ for officers and cadets on chemical tankers. The subjects are organised in the order that they occur, from the receipt of voyage orders to the completion of cargo discharge and the practice of pre-wash.
Chapter
1
The
Voyage
1.1
Voyage
Orders
1.2
Voyage
Planning
1.3
Stowage
Planning
1.4
Notice
of
Readiness
Chapter
2
Tank
Cleaning
2.1
Cleaning
and
Disposal
Procedures
2.2
Cleaning
Methods
2.3
Cleaning
2.4
Planning
Tank
Cleaning
Operations
2.5
Overhaul
and
Tests
2.6
Team
Briefing
2.7
Precautions
Against
Unauthorised
Discharge
2.8
Safe
Cleaning
2.9
Visual
Inspection
of
the
Tank
2.10
Wallwash
Tests
2.11
Preload
Tests
2.12
Notice
of
Readiness
Chapter
3
Loading
3.1
Safety
Precautions
3.2
Transportation
Requirements
3.3
Tanks
Inspection
3.4
Safety
and
Data
Sheet
3.5
Loading
and
Deballasting
3.6
Cargo
Tank
Vapour
Return
Systems
3.7
Loading
Rate
3.8
Loading
Temperature
3.9
Sampling
3.10
Cargo
Calculation
3.11
Disconnection
of
Manifolds
3.12
Cargo
Discrepancy
3.13
Short
Loading
3.14
Letter
of
Authorisation
3.15
Bill
of
Lading
3.16
Time
Sheet
3.17
Loading
Set
of
Cargo
Documents
Chapter 4 Departure
Chapter
5
Conditions
of
Carriage
5.1
Heated
Cargo
5.2
Nitrogen
Blanket
Cargo
5.3
Re-circulation
5.4
Inhibited
Cargoes
Chapter
6
Arrival
at
Discharge
Port
6.1
Reducers
6.2
Samples
6.3
Bill
of
Lading
6.4
Cargo
Measurement
and
Calculation
6.5
Claims
6.6
Safety
Precautions
6.7
Discharging
Plan
6.8
Palm
Oil
6.9
Paraffin
Wax,
Slack
Wax
Chapter
7
Discharging
7.1
Pumps
7.2
Commencing
Discharge
7.3
Main
Discharge
7.4
Stripping
7.5
Blowing
the
Line
7.6
Inspection
7.7
Bill
of
Lading
Chapter
8
Ballasting
8.1
Ballast
Eductors
Chapter
9
Prewash
9.1
New
Ships
9.2
Existing
Ships
9.3
Procedures
9.4
Inert
Gas
Generator
Chapter 10 Terms and Definitions
Appendices
Appendix
1
Compatibility
Chart
Appendix
2
Alphabetical
Listing
of
Compounds
Appendix
3
Exceptions
to
the
Compatibility
Chart
Appendix
4
Exceptions
to
the
Compatibility
Chart
Appendix
5
FOSFA
List
of
Banned
Immediate
Previous
Cargoes
Appendix
6
FOSFA
List
of
Acceptable
Previous
Cargoes
Appendix
7
World
Chemical
Trade
Appendix
8
International
Certificate
of
Fitness
for
the
Carriage
of
Dangerous
Chemicals
in
Bulk
Appendix
9
NLS
Certificate
Appendix
10
Procedures
and
Arrangements
Manual
Appendix
11
Cargo
Record
Book
Appendix
12
Cargo
Hose
Record
Appendix
13
Shipboard
Marine
Pollution
Emergency
Plan
(SMPEP)
Appendix
14
Guidelines
in
developing
a
SMPEP
Capt Vladimir Kunichkin has more than 30 years of experience on oil and chemical tankers, working his way through the ranks until achieving the position of Master with Knud I. Larsen Ship Management.
A strong interest in seafarer training led Vladimir to the position of training officer at the "LAPA" centre, specializing in training senior officers in chemical tanker operations.
Captain Kunichkin now holds the position of training manager with Tesmar.
- Number of Pages:
- 234
- ISBN:
- 9781905331161
- Published Date:
- January 2006
- Binding Format:
- Paperback
- Book Height:
- 210 mm
- Book Width:
- 150 mm
- Weight:
- 0.4 kg
- Author:
Vladimir Kunichkin
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