Instruction manual

PROFICIENCY IN SURVIVAL CRAFT AND RESCUE BOATS OTHER THAN FAST
RESCUE BOATS
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- Damage to ship ( Collision, Grounding, Flooding, Main engine
failure, Steering gear failure, Black out, Tank explosion, Tank leakage (in double
bottoms, side spaces, cofferdams, etc)).
- Personal Accidents ( Man overboard, Rescue from enclosed
space).
- Unlawful Acts (Pirate attack).
- Emergency Assistance to Other Ships (Rescue at sea)..
- Cargo Related Accidents ( Hose burst or Cargo overflow, break
away from jetty during cargo transfer, Toxic liquid release at sea or at anchor, Toxic
liquid release at terminal, Cargo jettisoning, Gas release at sea or at anchor, Gas
release at terminal).
- Pollution (Bunker spills, Sea pollution).
- Terrorist boarding
- Loosing of ship’s stability
- Bad weather ( heavy gale, icing).
Fire/Explosion can arise due to failure or faulty operation of equipment, by
self-ignition caused by carelessness with open fire or smoking in the bunk.
Collision can be caused by failure of machinery or rudder, insufficient
watchkeeping or navigation faults.
Grounding or stranding, like collision can be caused by navigation faults,
failure of machinery or rudder, bad weather or the ship’s anchors dragging.
Leakage occurs, when the ship’s hull, deck or hatches are damaged.
Icing can be dangerous for smaller vessel. It reduce the stability of the vessel,
possibly resulting in capsizing.
Man over board : to rescue a person fallen overboard safely on board again,
a last and efficient action is required by the crew.
All the above emergencies present danger to human lives, most of them
eventually can lead to the abandoning and loss of the ship.
A happy ending of an emergency implies that you must perform your duties
with responsibility and care.
The life saving equipment must be ready to use at any time.
There are some situations when the life saving equipment as life boats or fast
rescue boats must be lowered at sea: abandon ship, man over board, towing and
rescue the survival craft from a sea or/and from a ship’s wreck.
On different emergency situations may appear difficulties to abandon ship,
as blocking of evacuation ways, impossibility to lowering of boats or rafts (excessive
list of the ship, damages, failures, etc), lack of lighting, lack of the crew members
with duties regarding boats/ rafts launching, very bad weather, etc.
In case of fire is safe to launch only a part of survival boats/rafts, for being
on “stand by”, while the fighting against fire must be continued.