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GME CADETS PASSING OUT CEREMONY AT SIMS, LONAVALA

SIMS Lonavala reached another memorable milestone to celebrate the passing out of the pioneer batch of the GME cadets on 8th May 2006. The institute wore a festive look and was decorated to celebrate this happy occasion.

The passing out ceremony was attended by Mr. P.D Karandikar, IAS, Divisional Commissioner, PUNE DIVISION,Pune, holding the rank of a Principal Secretary to the Govt. as the chief guest and Ms. Sikha Singh from ESM Singapore among other dignitaries.

Mr. Karandikar first inspected the guard of honour & took salute in the ceremonial parade. He and Ms. Singh were welcomed on the dias by SIMS fraternity and presented with flower bouquets. Mr. Man Mohan Singh, Director SIMS Lonavala, introduced the dignitaries to other guests and cadets, extending his welcome. This was followed by an address and some pertinent words of advice for the outgoing cadets by Mr. J.K.M. Nair, Director/Principal SIMS Mumbai. In her address, Mrs. Sikha Singh talked about ESM and her vivid vision of SIMS Lonavla becoming a world class and state-of-art training institute to produce the dependable and quality future seafarers of ESM. She emphasized the requirement of the quality and safety awareness of the trained seafarers as the primary need of the hour. Two cadets, Cdt. Lomas Handa and Cdt. Mazhar Hussain Shaikh were awarded prizes for being "Best in Academic Performance" and for "Best all around Performance" respectively.

In his address Shri. Karandikar complimented the Management for sparing no efforts in making SIMS Lonavla a world class Institute. He expressed hope that the cadets passing out from SIMS will make a good name for themselves and keep the flag of the Institute flying high with pride. He also hoped that the personal growth of these cadets will make them a better Global Citizen and wished them the very best in their profession. He assured all help from his side towards the growth of the Institute.

Shri Karandikar was given a warm send off by the cadets in a ceremonial line up.

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*Note: This monthly safety moment is collected from various sources for educational purpose and is not an actual incident from the ESM fleet.
CRACKS IN MAIN DECK IN WAY OF HATCH CORNERS
During survey of a Panamax Bulk Carrier (Built 1993) several fatigue cracks were found in way of the elliptic curved corner of the opening in way of cargo hatchways on the main deck.

Probable cause:
A shedder plate had been welded to the main deck in way of the hatch-opening corner. This is believed to be the most probable cause of the crack in the deck plate. Welding carried out near the free edge of the main deck curvature at the hatch corners will create a heat-affected zone with hardening and built in welding stresses

in the material. This will cause additional stress concentrations in a highly stressed area, which wassubject to special consideration at the design stage. In this case the cracks seem to have started from one of the lower shedder plate terminations and into the deck plating, and it is likely that the cracks are caused by dynamic stresses due to a combination of torsion of the hull girder and longitudinal hull girder stresses, and the local stress concentration factor due to the weld. Further propagation of the cracks in the main deck may seriously affect the vessels structural integrity if not dealt with in time.

-Courtesy DNV Maritime Casualty Information

LESSONS LEARNT
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No welding should be carried out on the connection between shedder plates and main deck. The same recommendation applies to welding of rounded bars to the curved edge.
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The shedder plate may be welded to the hatch coaming, but the lower 100 mm or more should be left with no weld and sealed with plastic steel, mastic or similar, to avoid ingress of water and dirt.
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An alternative to the shedder plate could be build up of concrete or epoxy filler in the corners in order to serve the purpose of drainage of cargo from the hatch corners.
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