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ESM CELEBRATED THE MANNING LICENCE
The shipping fraternity of the Indian commercial capital Mumbai joined ESM- the recipient of the first manning license issued by the Govt. of India in a grand celebration held at the Hilton Oberoi Towers on 23rd December 2005.

The party was attended by the highest ranking shipping officials as well as the well-known shipping personalities of the various shipping or shipping related organizations and participated in the celebration in a big way.

We had among us, the Director General of Shipping Mr. G.S.Sahni with his senior colleagues, Chairman and Managing Director of the Shipping corporation of India Mr. S.Hajara, Chairman of the Indian Register of Shipping Capt. J.C.Anand, Capt. Sudhir Kumar, Principal Officer – Cum Joint DG (Tech.) of T.S.Chanakya, Mr. P.K. Banerjee, Area Manager for India and Sri Lanka for Lloyd’s Register, just to name a few of the luminaries present there.

The fanfare was doubly increased by the entertainment programme produced and presented by none other than well-known



TV personalities Mr. Barun Badola and his wife Mrs. Rajeswari and their troupe of singers and entertainers.

We are pleased to share with you a photo file of the guests and the gala event in the page six.

The detail of our manning license was published in our September newsletter and as mentioned we are proud to provide full support to the sincere move from the Indian govt. in safe guarding the interests of the Indian seafarers by licensing the manning agents across the country.

Mr. B.S. Teeka, Capt. Uppal, Capt. Chugh, Capt. R.K. Awasthi (NS, DGS)

Director General of Shipping Mr. G.S.Sahni with his wife

*Note: This monthly safety moment is collected from various sources for educational purpose and is not an actual incident from the ESM fleet.
ENGINE ROOM INJURY
An engineer was being assisted by a Trainee Marine Engineer (TME) in reassembling a heavy oil purifier. The purifier was of the self cleaning type, having a sliding bowl within a main bowl around the periphery of which are sludge discharge ports.

The sliding bowl had been lifted, using lifting gear, into the main bowl. The lifting gear remained in place in order to position the sliding bowl correctly. Difficulty was experienced in accurately positioning the sliding bowl due to it sticking.

In order to assess the position of the sliding bowl the TME put his finger into a sludge port; at the same time the sliding bowl jumped slightly due to the residual load on the lifting gear.

The TME's finger was trapped between the edge of the sludge port and the sliding bowl causing a painful injury.
LESSONS LEARNT
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Careful supervision of young trainees is the immediate responsibility of the supervising engineer officer.
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The acquisition of safe working attitudes during routine operations such as this, is as important a part of a TME's training as anything he will be required to learn.

Whilst on board ship these attitudes can be very heavily influenced by the more experienced officers and crew; such a responsibility should never be forgotten. Use of Tools such as TAKE 5 should be emphasized upon.
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Advice against using fingers to align or test for the alignment of machinery is contained in the Code of Safe Working Practices for Merchant Seamen.

An Effective Behaviour Management audit should be carried out in occurrences such as these to modify the behavior towards safety.
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