Ship Handling MEMC

Ship Handling MEMC, CBT Library

MEMCs CONTENTS

:: Detailed information about configuration and purpose of MEMCs…

“Manoeuvring” MEM

CONTENT

General concepts and definitions
Influence of the steering and screws on ship handling
Twin-screw ships
Procedures for the use of main engines to manoeuvre
Ship manoeuvring characteristics
Factors affecting turning moments
Information on ship manoeuvring characteristics
Means of improving of ship manoeuvring characteristics
Knowledge evaluation

“Anchoring” MEM

CONTENT

Anchor gear configuration
Technical specifications of the anchor gear
Occupational safety while anchoring
Choice of anchorage
The nature, size and characteristics of anchorage
Preparation of the anchor gear and dropping of anchors
Anchoring with one or two anchors
Mooring buoys and bridels
Anchor watch
Unmooring
Knowledge evaluation

“Mooring” MEM

CONTENT

Mooring gear configuration
Technical specifications of the mooring gear
Occupational safety while berthing
Berthing main principles
Berthing without tugs
Twin-screw ships berthing
Berthing using tugs
Ensuring ship’s safety (mooring lines)
Berthing alongside and turn at the berth
Moorage alongside another ship
Berthing in ice
Berth leaving
Knowledge evaluation

“Ship handling in heavy weather” MEM

CONTENT

Factors influencing the ship in storm
General information about wind and rough sea
Reviewing facsimile charts
Rules of ships’ passing the center of tropical cyclone
Assisting a ship in distress
Ability to determine the manoeuvring and propulsion characteristics of common types of ships with special reference to stopping distances and turning circles at various draughts and speeds
Choiсe of ship’s course and speed while navigating in heavy weather
Importance of navigating at reduced speed to avoid damage caused by own ship’s bow wave and stern wave
Means of keeping an unmanageable ship out of trough of the sea
Changing ship’s course in heavy weather
Practical measures to be taken when navigating in or near ice or in conditions of ice accumulation on board
Performing actions vital to safety in heavy weather
Proper response to emergency situations in heavy weather
Knowledge evaluation

“Manoeuvring in shallow and narrow water” MEM

CONTENT

Brief description of shallow and narrow water
Peculiarities of manoeuvring in shallow and narrow water
Adverse conditions resulting from manoeuvring in shallow and narrow water
Squat
Handling and inertia characteristics in shallow and narrow water
Hydrodynamic interaction between passing ships
Ship handling and manoeuvring in shallow and narrow water
General recommendations while manoeuvring in shallow and narrow water
Knowledge evaluation

“Ice navigation” MEM

CONTENT

Navigation characteristics of sea ice
Ships and icebreakers classification
Preparation for ice navigating in or near ice or in conditions of ice
Independent navigation in ice
Speed of ice navigation
Icebreaker assistance
Acts of icebreakers during icebreaker assistance
Convoy operations
Icebreaker escort
Ice terms Dictionary
Knowledge evaluation

“Refloating a grounded ship” MEM

CONTENT

Reasons of beaching a ship
Actions to be taken when beaching a ship
Forces influencing vessel aground
Choice of a refloating method
Refloating a grounded ship without assistance
Refloating a grounded ship with assistance of other vessels
Knowledge evaluation

“Towing operations” MEM

CONTENT

• Towing gear
• Technical specifications of the towing gear
• Towing procedures
• Crew and nonpowered vessel towing arrangements
• The procedures and order of events for making fast and letting go towline cable
• Management and handling of ships in towing operations
• Calculation of towing lines and towing speed
• Knowledge evaluation

“Cargo handling and stowage” MEM

CONTENT

• Cargo handling gear
• Technical specifications of cargo handling gear
• Safe handling, stowage and securing of cargoes
• Watchkeeping arrangements during cargo operations in port
• Cargo mark and draft marks
• Peculiarities of estuarial cargo operations and preparation for them
• Technics used for estuarial cargo operations
• Water crafts setout alongside a vessel
• Safeguard the safety of the ship and those on board
• Cargo operations in all weather conditions
• Estuarial and open sea transfer of cargo
• Cargo operations in ice
• Knowledge evaluation

“Tanker operations” MEM

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