A presentation on chemical tankers and their Rules and regulations

1. Shipment of Dangerous Goods
Capt A Menon
ASCENT MARINE INSTITUTE

2. Safety RequirementsSafety Requirements
 Rules and RegulationsRules and Regulations
 AuthoritiesAuthorities
 Major Oil CompaniesMajor Oil Companies
 CharterersCharterers
 TerminalsTerminals
 InsuranceInsurance
 Classification SocietyClassification Society

3. Rules and RegulationsRules and Regulations
 SOLAS, MARPOLSOLAS, MARPOL
 IMDG, IMSBCIMDG, IMSBC
 IBCIBC
 ISMISM
 ISPSISPS
 REACH (Registration, evaluation,REACH (Registration, evaluation,
Authorisation and Restriction ofAuthorisation and Restriction of
chemicals)chemicals)

4. Oil Companies & CharterersOil Companies & Charterers
 OCIMF – Oil companiesOCIMF – Oil companies
International Marine Forum –International Marine Forum –
Voluntary association ofVoluntary association of
companies with an interest in thecompanies with an interest in the
safe carriage of liquid cargoes.safe carriage of liquid cargoes.
 CDI – Chemical DistributionCDI – Chemical Distribution
InsituteInsitute
 SIRE – Ship Inspection ReportSIRE – Ship Inspection Report
ProgrammeProgramme

5. Oil Companies & CharterersOil Companies & Charterers
 TMSA – Tanker Management andTMSA – Tanker Management and
self assessmentself assessment
 Vetting proceduresVetting procedures
 Screening proceduresScreening procedures
 QuestionnaireQuestionnaire

6. Safety CultureSafety Culture
Four components:Four components:
1.1. DesignDesign
2.2. ProceduresProcedures
3.3. Risk AssessmentRisk Assessment
4.4. BehaviourBehaviour
Not only ships, but the wholeNot only ships, but the whole
organization!organization!

7. Safety Culture 1. DesignSafety Culture 1. Design
 Ships dedicated to specific tradeShips dedicated to specific trade
 Sophisticated equipmentSophisticated equipment
 Regular maintenanceRegular maintenance
 First class officersFirst class officers
 Motivated crewMotivated crew
 Shore personnel to support sea-Shore personnel to support sea-
going personnelgoing personnel

8. Safety CultureSafety Culture
2. Procedures2. Procedures
 Manuals prepared and updatedManuals prepared and updated
 Crew trained to implementCrew trained to implement
manualsmanuals
 Shore personnel used togetherShore personnel used together
with outside specialistswith outside specialists
 DrillsDrills
 Incident/Near miss reportingIncident/Near miss reporting

9. Safety Culture 3. Risk assessmentSafety Culture 3. Risk assessment
 Hazardous cargoesHazardous cargoes
 Large number of differentLarge number of different
productsproducts
 Short steaming time, lot of portShort steaming time, lot of port
callscalls
 Terminals not able to handleTerminals not able to handle
increasing volumesincreasing volumes

10. Safety CultureSafety Culture
 Transshipments to/from otherTransshipments to/from other
vesselsvessels
 Busy traffic areaBusy traffic area
 Challenging navigationChallenging navigation

13. Safety CultureSafety Culture
4. Behaviour4. Behaviour
Who cares as long as we are not caught
Safety is how we do business around here
We work on the problems that we still find
We have systems in place to manage all hazards
We do a lot every time we have an accident

14. Development of Safety CultureDevelopment of Safety Culture
Behaviour
Time
Accidents
Design
Procedures
Risk assessment