Bunker procedures

keep it clean
 BUNKERING CONCERNS ABOUT

 Sufficient operational
safety
 Safeguard environment
 Check delivered
quantities
 Check delivered quality
 WHY IS IT A PROBLEM

 Limited number of crew

 Other activities
 Crew changes
 Fast turn around time
 Bad planning
 Local circumstances
 Other causes
 BUNKERING STANDARD
PROCEDURES
 Might be not available
 Differ from port to port
 Suppliers standards
 Company procedures
 Part of ISM
 New ISO Code 13739
“Methods for specifying
practical procedures for
transfer of bunker fuels
to ships” (1998 ?)
 CHECK-LIST CONCERNS ABOUT

 Personal safety
 Ships safety
 Environment
 Communication
 Technical information
 Responsibilities
 CHECK-LIST ITEMS 1

 Pre-bunkering meeting
 Scuppers
 Flame screens
 Pre-loading plan
 Overflow tank empty
 All valves operational
 Sounding instruments
 Sounding tables
 Communication
 CHECK-LIST ITEMS 2

 Signals hoisted
 NO SMOKING signs
 No hot work
 Mooring condition
 Bunker barge mooring,
fendering and access
 Deck lightning
 Agreed pumping rate
 Hose connections
 CHECK-LIST ITEMS 3

 Go-ahead signal given

 Samples
 Delivery receipt
 Pollution control
equipment (SOPEP)
 Firefighting equipment
 Bridge informed
QUALITY/QUANTITY CONTROL

 O/B Bunkerbarge
 Flow meter
 Independent surveyor
 O/B testing
 Laboratory test
 Sealed samples