Ship Handling

This training booklet together with the training video film on same topic are dealing with the oil record book of the vessel and belong to the four-part training set devoted to the management of the wastes generated in the engine room of the vessel. Three other parts of the set address the oily water and separators, sludge and the incinerator, and sewage and waste water management; note that each part also consists of the booklet and video.

The content of the volume, when duly familiarized with by the trainees, particularly marine engineers and other members of the engine room team, will enable them all to get proper understanding of the purpose of the shipboard ORB, standing for the oil record book, and to make correct entries. They will also be able to properly identify all record keeping issues. The other features of the booklet include exercises that will be appreciated by the crew members needing some practice in filling in the book since they will show the correct entries.

The appendix contains excerpts from the relevant international regulations. Definitely recommended training for the trainees and seafarers involved in the management of the shipboard wastes and willing to keep their work compliant with all applicable regulations.

This is one more part of the training series developed and released to address the management of the shipboard wastes. While the other parts of the training pack are dealing with the oily water and separators, sewage and waste water management and the oil record book, the present one has been devoted to the sludge and incinerator and is supplemented with this booklet.

The main objective of this training is to enable the engineer officers to use the video film as the basis when conducting training sessions for the engine team members. The trainees who satisfactorily complete the course will be able to review all regulations and rules that commonly govern the discharge of the shipboard garbage and sludge and use of the incinerators, perform proper identification and review of the relevant management programs, get the understanding of the procedures established on board for the routine technical maintenance of the incinerators and also the most important features of the newly introduced IMO specifications etc.

They will be able to properly use the shipboard incinerators and other equipment associated with the management of the wastes generated on board with particular attention paid to the sludge wastes...

This training set made of the video and associated training booklet belongs to the package including three other parts covering the oily water and separators, sludge and the incinerator, and the oil record book. The original intention of the authors of this booklet was to enable ship engineer officers to conduct training sections for the groups of engine room personnel.

Upon completion of this part of the training the trainees will get the understanding of the operation of the extended aeration plants, review the applicable international regulations that govern the discharge of the shipboard sewage. They will also have an opportunity to discuss how to control what should go to into the sewage treatment plant and what should not, and review the established procedures to be followed when conducting the routine technical maintenance of the plants, shutting them down for cleaning and removal of the collected sludge from inside.

And, what is the most important, they will be able to properly relate the points that have been raised in this video and booklet to the actual operation of the shipboard sewage treatment plants. Recommended to the machinery room personnel of any vessel.

The present training program on oily water and separators supplemented with this training video, belongs to the series made of four parts that cover different important and practical aspects of the management of wastes commonly generated in the engine room of the ships. The other three parts of the training package cover the sewage and waste water treatment, the oil record book and, finally, the sludge and the incinerator.

Each of the programs also consists of a booklet and video. Upon completion of this particular part of the training, the trainees will be able to properly identify all typical sources of oily water and know how to minimize the amount of such water reaching the bilges; they will also know how to perform the control of the oily water content so that the shipboard oily water separator and oil content monitor, i.e. OWS and OCM can work properly.

They will get due understanding of the working principles of both separator and content meter and know the main features of operation and maintenance of the separators including important safety precautions. The program is highly recommended to the crew members of any vessel as well as to the students since it provides useful recommendations and instructions that, when duly followed, will allow better waste management.

The present booklet and associated training video film are devoted to the bunkering of the ships. If bunkering is carried out in a wrong way, it can lead to such undesired consequences such as health problems for the personnel, oil spills, damage occurring to the shipboard equipment as well as infringement of relevant national and international legislation.

The content of this package is primarily aimed at ship officers and rating, providing required practical guidance and analysis of the case studies, checklists and other resources, supplemented with the numerous extracts from the MARPOL Annex VI dealing with air pollution prevention. Bunker fuel is considered main source of energy commonly used in ships. This fuel is consumed by the main engine of the vessel driving the vessel along, and by the auxiliary engines feeding the heating and lighting etc.

The material presented in the booklet is arranged in several sections covering ordering of the bunker fuel, necessary preparations, the bunkering process itself including shore bunkering and other aspects. There are assessment questions to track the training progress and several appendices with sample forms, regulations and other information.

According to the numerous reviews collected throughout last century, this classic work one of the best textbooks on marine meteorology. It is considered culturally important and should be deservedly treated as part of the knowledge base built by our civilization. Originally released a century back, the content of the publication still remains true.

The marine meteorology itself depends on international efforts and each of the maritime nations devotes some portion of their public funds to the research and investigations in the subject field. The book starts with the introductory chapter describing what the term meteorology means and how the meteorological science shall be used by the navigators.

The second chapter is devoted to the instruments that are commonly used for the meteorological purposes at sea while the third one is dealing with the meteorological log books. The next several chapters of this book are covering the air/sea temperature and atmospheric pressure, wind-force scales, salinity of the sea water, winds including hurricanes and cyclones, ocean currents, synchronous charts, icebergs, snow and rain and many other weather phenomena. In addition to that, the author of the work has also covered ocean weather forecasting and other important aspects.

The publication has been written mainly for both trainee and professional ship deck officers, people who are currently studying for CoC, i.e. certificates of competency, in merchant vessels, and also for fishermen - it may be recommended to any person looking for the clear and plain introduction to this subject.

The book will provide detailed and clearly understandable descriptions of major forces and elements normally contributing to maritime meteorology as well as to the principles governing them. The content of the publication covers the passage planning and weather routing, cargo management and care in heavy weather condition, satellite technology, tropical storms and many other aspects of maritime meteorology.

It also features extensive glossary of terminology used, revision questions that will let you track the learning progress, chart of ocean currents and so many explanatory and informative data diagrams and photos. The content of the book is perfectly laid-out and contains many images making understanding much easier. A remarkably valuable resource for those interested in knowing everything about marine weather. All of the descriptions are very accurate and comprehensive.

A very useful publication prepared by the MarineInsight team. The volume is intended to provide readers with the guidance related to the drydocking operations for the machinery room department of the vessels. Usually, the vessel is drydocked with the purpose to conduct periodical surveys of the underwater part of the hull, carry out major conversions, repairs and modifications that cannot be done while the vessel is afloat.

The present document will give some answers to the basic questions relating the drydocking. Successful completion of the drydocking activities will definitely require careful planning and following all procedures and leaves no room for mistakes. Should the planning be done wrong, drydocking can turn into a real nightmare for every crew member. The book opens with the section explaining in general what drydocking is and how and when it is performed.

The second section advises the basic steps to be done to plan the drydocking properly, while the third section is devoted to the crew members involvement. Finally, the closing section of the guide addresses how office supporting personnel are normally involved in drydocking. As you see, a good teamwork is necessary for the successful drydocking.