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TRAINING FOR
OLMECA JOINERS:
We also
had a marathon training session for the joiners of our latest chemical
tanker OLMECA at SIMS during July 2003. We were very fortunate to have
the two chemical tanker experts: Capt. J. C. Kim from Japan and
Capt.N.A. Aranke,head of our Houston operation in Mumbai to provide
hands-on training to our chemical tanker staff, in addition to
our usual permanent and visiting faculty members. This training
session was attended by the our technical managers from Singpore as
well as the heads of the field offices and received positive reviews.
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ON BOARD HSE TRAINING :
We took our HSE training project one step further when our Quality Superintendent,Mr.G.M.Cowlagi visited one each of our chemical and Aframax Tankers to provide practical HSE training to our sailing personnel on ships coasting around US ports. He provided them guidance on the Near Miss reporting, Take 5, Effective Safety Management, extensive revisions recently made in our QMS and reporting forms among other things. The training was received extremely well by both officers and crew on these vessels.
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On a cargo vessel in a US port, whilst ship's crew were
picking up by provision crane pallets having FO additive
drums wrapped with plastic shrink wrap type binding .
First pallet was picked up using two rope slings. However
out of the second pallet 4 drums fell on the quay, broke
and spilled, 10 litres fell in the water. The other 11 drums
fell straight into the water between the vessel and jetty.
Vessel initiated notification to QI and USCG. USCG
recommended that efforts must be made to recover
drums in the water by divers. Shore divers recovered 11 x
25 litre cans from the water subsequently. Shore labourers
also conducted jetty cleanup, in addition to earlier cleanup
by the shipˇs crew.
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After investigations it was determined that the plastic wrapping of second pallet had
got caught onto the deck railings, making it unstable and resulting in fall of drums.
Lessons Learnt:
1. Cargo net slings must be used to pick up any likely pollutants, such as paints,
chemicals, etc., even if it is brought on a neat looking pallet.
2. A responsible deck officer should supervise lifting operation.
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