Circular 3/02: 2002 Policy Year
01/02/2002
One of our Member's bulk carriers twice recently visited the port of El Dekheila, near Alexandria, Egypt. On both occasions, the vessel experienced heavy swell whilst alongside, resulting in the vessel surging along the quay. On the second occasion, she parted a total of eleven mooring lines and required the assistance of a tug, pilot and mooring crew to resecure the vessel. Two ship's staff were injured during this operation..
As the deadline date for full STCW 95 implementation looms, we would like to remind Members of their obligations. LP Bulletin 206 - 08/01 Standards of Training, Certification & Watchkeeping Convention
TB1 - Mooring practices
01/01/2002
The UK Club's inspectors frequently find that ships' mooring arrangements are both ineffective and used inefficiently, such that mooring lines are subject to unnecessary chafing.
TB2 - Free-fall lifeboats
01/01/2002
Many shipowners build vessels, even very large vessels, with fully enclosed free-fall lifeboats in the belief that this is a safer means of saving the crew in case the ship has to be abandoned.
TB3 - Plastic piping
01/01/2002
Many ships today are fitted with both ballast and IG system pipes manufactured from approved types of plastics and glass reinforced plastics (GRP).