Advanced Training For Liquefied Gas Tanker Cargo Operations

Course Outline

1. Take immediate responsibility for loading, discharging, care-in-transit, handling of cargo, tank cleaning, and other cargo-related operations
2. Enhance safety by providing the necessary knowledge and skills to fully understand Liquefied Gas Tankers' safety system and operational requirement

• Knowledge and Understanding of Basic Chemistry and Physics and the Relevant Definitions related to the Safe Carriage of Liquefied Gases in Bulk in Ships
• Understanding the Information contained in a Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS)
• Knowledge and Understanding of the Hazards and Control Measures Associated with Liquefied Gas Tanker Cargo Operations
• Knowledge and Understanding of Liquefied gas tanker emergency procedures
• Actions to be taken Following Collision, Grounding or Spillage and Envelopment of the Ship in Toxic or Flammable Vapour
• Knowledge of Medical First Aid Procedures and Antidotes Onboard Liquefied Gas Tankers, with Reference to the Medical First Aid Guide for Use in Accidents involving Dangerous Goods (MFAG)

• Knowledge of Liquefied Gas Tanker Design, Systems, and Equipment
• Types of Liquefied Gas Tankers and Cargo Tanks Construction, General Arrangement and Construction, Cargo Containment Systems, including Materials of Construction and Insulation
• Cargo-Handling Equipment and Instrumentation, Cargo Pumps and Pumping Arrangements, Cargo Pipelines and Valves, Expansion Devices, Flame Screens, Temperature Monitoring Systems, Cargo Tank Level-Gauging Systems, Tank Pressure Monitoring and Control Systems, Cargo Temperature Maintenance System, Tank Atmosphere Control Systems (Inert Gas, Nitrogen), including Storage, Generation and Distribution Systems, Cofferdam Heating Systems, Gas Detecting Systems, Ballast System, Boil-Off Systems, Re-Liquefaction Systems, Cargo Emergency Shutdown (ESD) System, Custody Transfer System
• Cargo Handling Equipment

• Knowledge of Pump Theory and Characteristics, including Types of Cargo Pumps and their Safe Operation
• Cargo-Handling Equipment and Instrumentation, Cargo Pumps and Pumping Arrangements, Cargo Pipelines and Valves, Expansion Devices, Flame Screens, Temperature Monitoring Systems, Cargo Tank Level-Gauging Systems, Tank Pressure Monitoring and Control Systems, Cargo Temperature Maintenance System, Tank Atmosphere Control Systems (Inert Gas, Nitrogen), including Storage, Generation and Distribution Systems, Cofferdam Heating Systems, Gas Detecting Systems, Ballast System, Boil-Off Systems, Re-Liquefaction Systems, Cargo Emergency Shutdown (ESD) system, Custody Transfer System
• Cargo Handling Equipment

• Knowledge of the Effect of Bulk Liquid Cargoes on Trim, Stability, and Structural Integrity
• Proficiency in Tanker Safety Culture and Implementation of Safety Management Requirements
• Proficiency to Calibrate as well as use Monitoring and Gas Detection Systems, Instruments and Equipment
• Knowledge and Understanding Dangers of Non-Compliance with Relevant Rules/Regulations
• Lunch
• Cargo Operations - Theory

• Proficiency to apply Safe Preparations, Procedures, and Checklists for all Cargo Operations, Post Docking and Loading, Tank Inspection, lnerting (Oxygen Reduction, Dew Point Reduction), Gassing-Up, Cooling Down, Loading, De-Ballasting, Sampling, including Closed-Loop Sampling
• Sea Passage such as Cooling Down, Pressure Maintenance, Boil-Off, Inhibiting, Unloading, Ballasting, Stripping and Cleaning Systems, Systems to make the Tank Liquid-Free, Pre-Docking Preparation such as Warm-Up, lnerting, Gas Freeing
• Ship-to-Ship Transfer

• Proficiency to perform Cargo Measurements and Calculations
• Cargo Operations
• Knowledge and Understanding of Safe Working Practices, including Risk Assessment and Personal Shipboard Safety relevant to Liquefied Gas Tankers,
• Precautions to be Taken when entering Enclosed Spaces (such as Compressor Rooms), including Correct Use of Different Types of Breathing Apparatus,
• Precautions to be Taken Before and During Repairs and Maintenance Work, including Work Affecting Pumping, Piping, Electrical and Control Systems,
• Precautions for Hot and Cold Work, Electrical Safety, Use of Appropriate Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), Precautions for Cold Burn and Frostbite, Proper use of Personal Toxicity Monitoring Equipment

• Cargo Operations
• Understanding of Procedures to Prevent Pollution of the Environment
• Knowledge and Understanding of Relevant Provisions of the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships (MARPOL) and other Relevant IMO Instruments, Industry Guidelines and Port Regulations as Commonly Applied
• Proficiency in the use of the IBC and IGC Codes and Related Documents
• Case Studies
• Assessment Test