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    REVERT WITH WHAT YOU HAVE LEARNED FROM THIS INCIDENT                                           PLEASE ENROLL FOR CASE STUDY BELOW. INCIDENT Contact of Bulk Carrier Ocean Princess with Oil and Gas Production Platform SP-83A On January 7, 2021, at 0122 local time, the bulk carrier Ocean Princess, with a crew of 24, struck the uncrewed/out-of-service oil and gas production platform SP-83A while operating in the Gulf of Mexico, 24 miles south of Pilottown, Louisiana.1 No pollution or injuries were reported. Damage to the vessel and platform was estimated at $1.5 million. Casualty type :Contact  Location: Gulf of Mexico, South Pass Block 83, near Pilottown, Louisiana 28°47.1’ N, 089°14.53’ W  Date : January 7, 2021 Time 0122 central standard time (coordinated universal time –6 hrs)  Persons on board : 24 (Ocean Princess), 0 (SP-83A) Inj...

 WORK REST HOURS BEST PRACTISES     Requirement: 1.Is a table of shipboard working arrangements posted for seafarers accessible? 2.Is a shipboard working arrangement actually reviewed by master ? 3.Does the table of shipboard working arrangements ensure that the first watch at the commencement of the voyage and subsequent relieving watches are sufficiently rested and otherwise fit for duty? 4. Do records of the daily hours of work or rest show compliance with the actual hours of work and rest hours, including the requirements for rest breaks? 5. Has adequate compensatory rest been given to seafarers who have had their rest disturbed by call-outs to work? (e.g. such as when a machinery space is unattended) 6. Has the fire patrol timing  included in work hours ? 7. Has the  all drills and training hours added in work hours? 8. Has the Mooring/Unmooring work hours properly updated for all respective crew? 9. Has the anchoring hours as working hours for Master, Ch ...

 Use this guide as a  training tool for all mariners in your company/Institute Capt.Philip A Guide for Correct Entries in the ORB Part I  MACHINARY SPACE Overview In line with IMO regulations, every oil tanker of 150 GT and above and every ship of 400 GT and above must provide and maintain an oil record book (ORB) on board. This publication is a guide to completing entries within the ORB in a proper and consistent manner. Instructions and interpretations on how to properly record all related operations in accordance with MARPOL 73/78, Annex I, Regulation 17  all related document in accordance with appendix iii  MARPOL 73/78, Annex I,  One spare ORB must be provided all the time. Retention period of ORB is 3 years from date of last entry Retention period of OWS printer paper 18 months. All tank capacity strict compliance of IOPP supplement       1.  ORB entries must be in official language – English,  All entries must be in CAPI...

 SDMBL AND OTHER ALL MOORING FACTORS EXPLAINED Refer:  MSC resolution 474 (102) MSC.1  circ 1169 // 1170// 1175 MEG 4 guidelines                  MOORING UPDATE  What is new in ship mooring system ? MEG 4 was published in 2018, and it contains a number of important requirements that most of us are still unaware of. Specifically, SDMBL, LDBF, TDBF, and WLL. Why  each seafarer should aware of the mooring safety ? Please watch below 5 seconds video, same will insist the importance of the mooring safety.  There are only 2 seafarer were there in aft mooring station, both of them engaged in heaving up the unmoored wire from jetty. Stbd winch rope entangling with pedestal roller fairlead, same was not notified by the operator, nor there is a officer for monitoring, Stbd winch operator blindly increasing the force in the winch, causes the result. Consequences are extremely high, so everyone should aware of th...