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0.1INDEX
0.2FAMILIARISATION
0.3REVISIONS

1. INTRODUCTION

2. GENERAL TERMS, DESIGN AND EQUIPMENTS

2.1DEFINITIONS
2.2CARGO TYPES, CATEGORIES

3. DECK WATCH IN PORT

3.1Basic Principles to be Observed In Keeping Watch In Port
3.2Watch Arrangements
3.3Composition of the watch
3.4Cargo Watch Personnel On Duty
3.5Handover the watch

4. CARGO OPERATIONS & HANDLING

4.1GENERAL
4.1.1 Responsibilities
4.1.1.1 Master
4.1.1.2 Chief Officer
4.1.1.3 Junior officers
4.1.1.4 Chief engineer
4.1.1.5 Pumpman
4.1.1.6 Ratings
4.1.2 Knowledge of Cargo System
4.1.3 Joint Planning
4.1.4 MSDS

4.2CARGO PLANNING
4.2.1 General
4.2.2 Guidelines for cargo planning
4.2.3 Load Line Zones and Load Line Seasons
4.2.4 Cargo Operation Plan
4.2.5 Loading Computer test
4.2.6 Stability and Damage Stability
4.2.7 Sloshing and Free Surface Effect
4.2.8 Procedure for Restoring Stability in case of unstable conditions
4.2.9 Unfamiliar chemical Cargo Handling
4.2.9.1 Chemical Cargoes to Be Carried First Time
4.2.9.2 New Chemical Cargoes (Tripartite agreement)
4.2.10Blending

4.3CARGO TRANSFER PROCEDURE and OPERATIONAL CONSIDERATIONS BEFORE

CARGO OPERATION

4.3.1 General
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4.3.2 Watch composition

4.3.3 Preperation for cargo operation
4.3.4 Ship checks prior to arrival
4.3.5 Operational considerations before cargo operations
4.3.5.1 Closing opening in Superstructures and Cargo Tanks
4.3.5.2 Fix Cargo Tank Ventilation Fan
4.3.5.3 Cargo Hose inspection
4.3.5.4 Checking Heating Coils
4.3.5.5 High Level and Overfill Alarms
4.3.5.6 Scuppers
4.3.5.7 Spillage transfer systems
4.3.5.8 Blank Flanges
4.3.5.9 Earthing
4.3.5.10 PV system controls / prevention against freezing or blocking of
PV valves and lines
4.3.5.11 Drain Plugs
4.3.5.12 Drip Tray
4.3.5.13 Sealing the Sea Valves
4.3.5.14 Solas secondary system alarm settings
4.3.5.15 Preventions against Overpressure in Cargo Tanks
4.3.5.16 Checking cargo valves
4.3.5.17 Pre Cargo Transfer Conference
4.3.6 Pressure Surge and Hammering
4.2.6.1 Effective Valve Closure Tim
4.2.6.2 Reduction of Pressure Surge Hazard
4.2.3.3 Limitation of Flow Rate to Avoid the Risk of a Damaging Pressure
Surge
4.2.6.4Valve Operation and Settings
4.3.7 Type of Venting system

4.4CARGO LOADING
4.4.1 Connection of Cargo Hoses and Loading Arms
4.4.2 Loading Rates
4.4.3 Topping Off
4.4.4 Completion of Loading
4.4.5 Simultaneous Handling of Cargo Parcels
4.4.6 Adding Substances to the Cargo
4.4.7 Line Draining
4.4.8 Clearing Hoses and Arms
4.4.9 Clearing of Shore Pipelines
4.4.10Clearing of Ship’s cargo pipelines
4.4.11Pigging
4.4.12Disconnection of Cargo Hoses and Loading Arms
4.4.13Cargo Precautions during voyage
4.4.14Hydrocarbon and toxic gas monitoring

4.5CARGO DISCHARGING
4.5.1 General
4.5.2 Emergency Stops
4.5.3 Starting to Discharge and Discharge Precautions
4.5.4 Discharge Pressure Restrictions
4.5.5 Failure to Cargo Pump
4.5.6 Squeezing of cargo tanks (sweeping)
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4.6CLOSED OPERATION
4.6.1 General
4.6.2 Vapour Emission Control System

4.7CARGO SAMPLING and ULLAGING PROCEDURE

4.7.1 General
4.7.2 Safety precautions for sampling
4.7.3 Closed sampling procedure
4.7.4 Open sampling procedure
4.7.5 Sampling for Oxygen Sensitive Products
4.7.6 Storage of Samples
4.7.7 Disposal of Samples and Record Keeping
4.7.8 Release of Samples to Third Parties
4.7.9 Sampling Programme
4.7.10Ullaging

5. ADVERSE CLIMATIC CONDITIONS

5.1Terminal Advice of Adverse Weather
5.2Wind Condition and Dispersion
5.3Electrical Storm
5.4Cold Weather Precautions
5.5Precautions for PV Valves in Cold Weather Temperatures

6. INERTING

6.1Hazards of nitrogen
6.1.1 Breathing Pure nitrogen
6.1.2 Asphyxiation
6.1.3 Hazard of opening tanks up under pressure
6.1.4 Tank over pressurization
6.2Use of Inert Gas generator and calibration
6.3Nitrogen purging
6.4Nitrogen padding / blanketing
6.5Receiving Nitrogen From Shore
6.5.1 Preparations for Receiving Nitrogen from Shore
6.5.2 Emergency Inert / Nitrogen Gas Supply
6.6Safety Precautions for Nitrogen Purging / Padding
6.7Purging / Padding for Inibited Cargoes
6.8Failure of the Inert gas system

7. CARRIAGE OF SPECIAL CARGOES REQUIRING SPECIAL PRECAUTIONS

7.1Cargo reactivity
7.1.1 Self Reactive Cargoes
7.1.2 Special Precautions for cargoes which require exclusion of air
7.1.3 Reactivity with other cargoes
7.1.4 Reactivity with water
7.1.4.1 TDI and MDI Handling Procedure
7.2High Density Cargo Handling
7.3High Viscosity Cargo Handling
7.4Solidifying Cargo Handling
7.5Corrosive Cargoes
7.6Toxic Cargoes
7.7Carcinogen Cargoes
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7.8Cargoes Requiring Medical Kits (ANTIDOTES)

7.9Sulphuric Acid
7.10 Acyrylonitrile
7.11 Phenol
7.12 Benzene and Aromatic Hydrocarbon ( Benzene Containing cargoes )
7.13 MTBE and ETBE
7.14 Handling of Bunker and Cargoes containing Hydrogen Sulphide (H2S)
7.15 Vegetable and Animal Oils

8. STATIC ELECTRICTY
8.1Principles of Electrostatics
8.1.1 Summary
8.1.2 Charge separation
8.1.3 Charge accumulation
8.1.4 Electrostatic discharge
8.2Chemical Products list which known produces static electric
8.3Electrostatic Properties Of Gases And Mists
8.4Precautions Against Electrostatic Hazards
8.4.1 Bonding
8.4.2 Avoiding Loose conductive objects
8.4.3 Initial Loading
8.4.4 Limitation on Loading
8.4.5 Ullaging, Sampling
8.4.6 Antistatic Additives
8.4.7 Free Fall in to the tanks
8.4.8 Fixed equipment in cargo tanks
8.4.9 Water Mists
8.4.10Clothing and Footwear
8.4.11Syntetic Materials
8.4.12Inert Gas
8.4.13Additional precautions should be done to avoid generating sparks from
static electricity while loading, discharge:

9. BALLASTING
9.1Ballast Amounts
9.2Ballasting During Discharge
9.3Ballast Tanks Contamination Checks while tanks ballasted
9.4Ballast Tanks Contamination Checks while tanks not Ballasted
9.5Heavy Weather Ballast
9.6Precautions to be taken Before Discharging Ship’s Ballast

10.GAS-FREEING and TANK CLEANING PRCEDURE

10.1 General
10.2 Responsibility
10.3 Precleaning conference
10.4 Safety Requirements
10.5 Preparations
10.6 Precautions for Gas Freeing and Tank Cleaning While Alongside
10.7 Tank washing atmospheres
10.8 Precautions when tank washing in an inert atmosphere
10.9 Precautions when tank washing in an undefined atmosphere
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10.10 Washing After a Low Flash Cargo

10.11 During Washing
10.12 Precautions for Sounding Tanks When not Using a Sounding Pipe
10.13 Steaming of Cargo Tanks
10.14 Free Fall of wash water in the slop tanks
10.15 Special Cleaning Methods
10.16 Arrangements for Disposal of Tank washings, Slops and Dirty Ballast
10.16.1 General
10.16.2 Mandatory Pre-wash Water for Marpol Annex II Cargoes
10.16.3 Dirty ballast
10.16.4 Safety Precautions during Discharge of Cargo Slops into the Sea
(Marpol Annex II
cargoes only)
10.16.5 Interpretation of "En-Route" definition and Local Regulation on Tank
Cleaning
Operation at Sea
10.16.6 Management of slop tanks
10.16.7 Hand Spraying
10.16.8 Washing of Water Reactive Cargoes
10.16.9 Pickling and Passivation
10.16.10 Cleaning Coated Tanks
10.16.11 Gas Freeing
10.16.11.1 Ventilation Procedure
10.16.11.2 Opening up of cargo lines and handling equipment
10.17 Testing of Cargo Tanks
10.17.1 Wall wash test
10.17.2 Wall wash test procedure
10.17.3 Hydrocarbon test
10.17.4 Chloride test
10.17.5 Permanganate Time test (PTT)
10.17.6 PH value test /(acidity)

11.Care and Maintenance of Cargo Equipments

11.1 Handling of cargo hose
11.1.1The custody of hoses
11.1.2Precautions before cargo transfer
11.1.3Regular Inspection of the Hose and testing
11.2 Care and maintenance of tank cleaning equipment
11.2.1Tank cleaning hoses
11.2.2Tank cleaning machnes
11.2.3Portable gas freeing Fans
11.2.4Portable Submersible Pumps
11.3 Calibration and servicing of cargo related equipments
11.4 Cargo pump purge

12.Appendix-III Marineline Cargo Tank Coatings Condition and Maintennace Program

13.Appendix-IV MSC 150(77) and MSC 1905, preacauitons for Benzene