Advanced Training for Oil Tanker Cargo Operations (TASCO)

• DGS-TASCO Specialised Training Programme on Oil Tanker Operations

• Introduction

• Bulk Transportation of Oil Cargo

• Tankers and the oil market dynamics

• Definitions

• IOPP Form B

• International and national regulations concerning oil tankers

• Particularly sensitive sea areas

• MARPOL 1973/78

• MARPOL Annexes

• Introduction to IMDG Code (under Annex 3)

• Sewage System (under Annex 4)

• Discharge of Garbage (under Annex 5)

• Sulfur Oxides (SOx) and Particulate Matter (under Annex 6)

• SOLAS 1974

• Contents of SOLAS

• BWM 2004

• OPRC 1990

• US Oil Pollution Act 1990 (OPA 90)

• OPA Explained

• Administering OPA 90

• OPA 90 Required Equipment on Board

• National Regulations concerning oil tankers

• Basic properties of petroleum and its Hazards

• Basic physics

• Properties of petroleum

• Volatile Organic Compounds

• Hazards associated with carriage of petroleum

• Hazards of Dangerous Liquid Cargo

• Hazards of Bulk Liquids

• Hydrogen Sulfide

• Health Hazards

• Reactivity Hazards

• Toxicity Hazards

• Corrosion Hazards

• Vapor Leaks and Clouds

• Flammability and Explosion Hazards

• Combustion

• Conditions Required for Combustion

• Types of Combustion

• Slip and Fall Hazards

• Flammable Limits

• Hazards due to Carbon Monoxide

• Hazards to the Environment

• Basic Knowledge of Hazard Controls

• Venting Systems

• Venting of Tanks

• Safety

• Entry into enclosed spaces

• Testing Tank Atmospheres for Oxygen and Hydrocarbon Vapors

• Definition and Hazards of Confined Spaces

• Cargo Tanks and Pump room

• Evaluation and Assessment of Risks and Hazards

• Enclosed Space Rescue, Entering Enclosed Space

• Precautions against electrostatic hazards

• Working with Electrical Equipment

• Electrical and Electronic Systems Operating in Flammable Areas

• Electrical Equipment in Hazardous Areas

• Sources of Static Electricity

• Impressed current system

• Impressed Current Cathodic Protection

• Sacrificial Anodes

• Explosion proof fittings

• Loading Static Accumulator Oils

• Gas indicators

• Measurement of Hydrocarbon Concentration

• Flammable Gas Monitors (Explosimeter)

• Non-Catalytic Heated Filament Gas Indicators

• Tankscope

• Inferometer (Refractive Index Meter)

• Infra-red (IR) Instruments

• Measurement of Low Concentrations of Toxic Gases

• Electrochemical Sensors

• Fixed Gas Detection Installations

• Oxygen Analyzer

• Measurement of Oxygen Concentrations

• Multi-Gas Instruments

• Draeger–Tube System

• Personal Gas Monitors

• Filters in Sample Lines

• Sampling Procedures

• Lifeboats on Oil Tankers

• Firefighting principles

• Fire hazards and prevention

• Firefighting by foam

• First-Aid with Reference to MSDS

• Treatment and Prevention

• Protective equipment

• Maintenance of PPE

• Dangers of Skin Contact

• Inspections by marine chemists and competent persons

• SIRE

• Hot Work Precaution and Process

• Tanker Safety Culture and Safety Management

• The Role of Safety Culture in Preventing ‘Accidents’

• TMSA

• Connecting sequence and precautions during operations

• Start-up sequence

• Normal operations

• Port State Control

• Key Features and Measurement of an Effective Safety Culture

• Reporting Accidents, Near Misses and Non-conformities

• Assessment of Safety Culture

• SMS and the Safety Culture

• Development of Positive Safety Culture

• Pollution Prevention

• Operational Pollution

• Precautions while carrying out any oil operations

• Oil Record Book

• Action in case of Oil spills

• Precautions to be taken to prevent accidental pollution by oil

• Air Pollution

• Annex VI

• ECA and SECA

• IAPP Certificates, Contents, Validity and annex

• Segregated Ballast Tanks

• Oil Tanker Design and Equipment

• Construction of Oil Tankers

• Tank Coatings

• Types of Paint

• Structure of paint and purpose of each constituent

• Common paint vehicles - Drying oils, oleo resins, alkyd resins, polymerizing chemicals, Bitumen and suitability of each for various applications.

• Cargo Tanks

• Water Ballast Tanks

• Pumping, Piping and discharge arrangements

• Expansion Systems

• Cargo piping and discharge arrangements

• Bottom Lines

• Drop Lines

• Cargo Pump room piping

• Deck lines

• Valves for the cargo system-Quick-closing-Remote-control &Valve Remote Control Systems

• Pneumatic

• Pressure-vacuum

• Cargo line valves

• Cargo Heating System

• Cargo Heating Arrangements

• Cargo Heating Plans and Procedures

• Venting arrangements

• Level Gauges

• Closed Gauges

• Electric Resistance Gauge

• Overfill detection and other devices

• Modern integrated gauging systems

• The Cargomaster System

• Oil Tanker Operations

• General precautions

• Loading and discharging operations

• Hooking up of cargo hose, loading arms, and grounding-strap

• Grounding Strap

• Loading operations

• Discharging operations

• Cargo Measurement Systems

• Temperature and Volume Corrections

• Cargo Calculation Procedures

• Working with API Gravity at 60 deg F

• Working with Density at 15 deg C in air

• Ballasting and deballasting

• Tank Cleaning

• Slop-tank operation

• Purging and gas freeing

• Cargo Sampling

• Vapor Control Systems

• Purpose

• Principles

• Hazards

• Active system components

• Passive system components

• Tanker Systems for VEC

• Terminal/Shore Facilities for Vapor Control

• Thermal Oxidation

• Vapor Recovery and Reduction Systems

• Operating procedures with VOC

• Pre-transfer procedures

• Connecting sequence and precautions during operations

• Loadlines, draft and trim of oil tankers

• Stability and stress considerations with loading and discharging

• Effect of Liquid Cargo on trim, stability and structural integrity

• Pump Theory and Pumping Systems

• Centrifugal cargo pumps

• Reciprocating Pump

• Submersible Pump

• Deepwell Pump

• Framo Pump

• Stripping, Purging and vacuum draining

• Portable FRAMO Pump

• Eductors

• Pump Operation

• Pump Characteristics

• Pressure Surge

• Operating Measures and Precautions

• Pressure Surge in pipelines

• Pressure Surge Phenomena

• Emergency procedures

• Emergency Plan

• Ship/shore liaison

• Emergency organisation

• Action on discovering an emergency

• Emergency Reporting System

• SOPEP

• Type of Emergencies on board

• Fire

• Collision

• Grounding

• Equipment failure

• Structural failure

• Understanding Structural Failures

• Detection and Treatment of Structural Failure

• Emergency discharge of cargo

• Jettisoning Challenges

• Emergency shutdown of cargo-handling

• Emergency systems for closing cargo tanks

• Boiler Combustion Control

• Combustion Process

• Air Register

• Types of Burner

• Steam atomizer

• Automatic Combustion Control System

• Auxiliary Boiler Safety

• Inert Gas Systems

• Inert gas system and its components

• Deck Seal unit

• Operations

• Maintenance and testing

• Inert Gas Generators

• IG for product carriers

• Crude Oil Washing

• COW system and its components

• Stripping systems

• Operations-2

• Sludge and Sediment management

• Oil Discharge Monitoring and Control System

• Oil discharge

• Monitoring and control system

• Oil and water mixture

• Oil/water Interface Detector

• Helicopter Operations

• Ship requirements

• Weather Conditions

• Responsibilities

• Ship-to-Ship Transfer

• STS Regulations

• STS Transfer of Oil Cargo

• Vapor balancing for STS

• Tanker Mooring

• Double Hull Tankers

• Design and Stability of Double-Hull Tank Vessels

• Intact and Damaged Stability for Double-hull ships

• Case of Listing of Double Hull Tanker during Cargo Operation

• Oil pollution Liabilities and Compensations

• LLMC 1976

• Bunkers Convention 2001

• CLC 1969

• Fund Convention 1971

• HNS 2010

• Intervention 1969

• Transportation Losses and Commercial aspects of Tanker Operations

• Issues on cargo measurements

• Ship/Shore cargo figures

• In-transit losses and their causes