APRIL 1, 2003

As M.T.British Willow successfully completed her maiden voyage, we are ready for the take over of her sister ship M.T. British Oak scheduled for delivery on 16th April, 03.The tanker will be under the command of Capt. H.S.Kapany, while all our crew will be arriving at the Japanese shipyard by the end of the week.

TAKE OVER OF M.T.BRITISH OAK

Details of the vessels.

LOA                          240.5 M     
Breadth                    42.0 M
Depth                       21.20 M
GRT                          57,567
Summer DWT         106,395 MT
Displacement          122,659 MT
Draft                         14,88 M

BRITISH OAK AT FINAL DOCK

BRITISH OAK STERN VIEW AT FINAL DOCK

BRITISH OAK : - VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE DURING SEA TRIAL

TRAINING ON FRAMO CARGO PUMP PUMPING PLANT AT SAMUNDRA INSTITUTE OF MARITIME STUDIES (SIMS):

First time in the history of Indian seafarer's training, SIMS will be offering hands-on training on the Framo cargo pump at the SIMS premise, Govandi, Mumbai. As reported earlier, a reduced size stainless steel cargo tank of a chemical tanker has been designed by Fukuoka shipyard, Japan and is being installed in the SIMS premises. The tank is at the last stage of finishing at the institute and would be functional in next couple of months where the cargo pump will be installed in collaboration with the Frank Mohn Services AS, Norway, the manufacturer of the world famous pump.

Representatives of Frank Mohn AS - Mr. Martinus Fjelstad, Training Manager and Mr. Jostein Torp, Senior Training Supervisor visited the training institute and expressed full satisfaction at the facilities provided to conduct the training courses there. In fact, the visitors were very impressed to find the extent of real life situations created for a complete hands on training for the company’s sailing staff.

At a meeting held on 12th March 2003, at the SIMS premise, Mumbai, between the representatives of Framo and SIMS, both the parties discussed various nitty- gritty of the collaboration.

For the proposed five day training course, the tailor made course materials will be prepared by Framo along with video/DVD, posters and other teaching materials. Framo will also provide training for the SIMS instructors both in Norway and Singapore.

It may be mentioned here that apart from only other three places in the world i.e. Norway, Singapore and Houston where Frank Mohn AS has provided their own training programme, SIMS will be the only place after Manila where such facilities will be provided through an outside agency. In this respect, we are indeed very happy to receive full assistance and co-operation from Frank Mohn AS in our effort to provide such elaborate training in all aspects of pump operation and maintenance  for our in-house staff. In fact, such training of the real life situation is perhaps the first of its kind in the world.

We shall keep our readers updated on this special training programme of SIMS as it unfolds in next couple of months.

SIMS - NEXT TRAINING SCHEDULE

For the Ratings.

• Awareness of PSC & Oil Major Inspections                            31st March 03   

• Awareness of PSC & Oil Major Inspections (2nd batch)           28th April 03

• Basic Oil tanker Familiarisation                                             1st April 03

• Basic Oil tanker familiarization                                              29^th April03

• ISM Awareness                                                                   3^rd & 4^th April

• Basic Chemical tanker Familiarisation                                   30^th April 03

For the Officers:

• Advance Training in Chemical tanker operations (ATCO)         21^st to 24^th April 03

• Dynamics of PSC & Oil Major Inspections (PSC/OM)            25^th  & 26 th April 03

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