Sunday, June 21, 2009

Shipboard Emergency Procedures Manual

Shipboard Emergency Procedures Manual

Emergency Scenario selection process

Emergency scenario have been selected on risk based criteria of potential frequency and potential severity. The selection process has taken account of :

· Risk assessment of the ship

· Known accident and incidents in shipping

· Experience and expertise of vessel master, ship board personnel and management

Although care has been taken to identify potential emergencies, it is acknowledged that the list may be made in the light of experience.

Compilation and review process

care has been taken to ensure that all relevant personnel, including master, senior officer and shore management within the company have been involved in the compilation and review of the emergency procedures.

Involvement of shipboard personnel has resulted in a high level of awareness of the procedures on board

Purpose

The principal purpose of the emergency procedures is to provide the master, officer and crew with the essential elements in dealing with emergencies on board.

Applicability

These emergency procedures are to be considered as guidelines only. It is not the intention that they provide a complete set of instruction for each emergency.

It is implicit in the emergency response philosophy of the company that the master has the authority to exercise his professional judgment at all times.

About the Emergency procedures

A common Approach has been taken in developing each of emergency procedures.

The emergency procedures have deliberately been kept brief. Only important point have been considered.

A major consideration in compiling the emergency procedures has been to provide a format that is usable as a check list during the course of an emergency

Assumption have been made that the personnel on board the vessel are competent in their normal and emergency duties and have adequate knowledge of the vessel, procedures and equipment.

It is also expected that the master and senior officer on the vessel will be familiar with the contents of the emergency procedures and will therefore, be prepared for initial action in emergency situations. It is anticipated that the emergency procedures will be used as source material for drills and exercise. This will provide a tangible reference against which the adequacy of the emergency procedures will be measured.

It is understood that the emergency procedures will be subject to a formal review process within the company and vessel SMS. This should result in continual improvement.

Each emergency procedures (EMP) has been developed in the following consistent and structured manner and each is given a unique identity number.

Emergency Categories

A. Fire

a. Fire in engine room

b. Fire in auxiliary engine

c. Fire in cargo hold

d. Fire in store

e. Fire in galley

f. Fire in accommodation

g. Fire in mess room

h. Fire in bridge

B. Damage to own ship

a. Ship/ship collision

b. Ship/boat collision

c. Ship/quay collision

d. Structural Failure

e. Main engine failure

f. Grounding

g. Steering gear failure

h. Black out

i. Loss of propulsion

j. Flooding

k. Severe weather

l. salvage

C. Pollution

a. Bunkering

b. Loading

c. Discharging

d. Transferring

e. Disposals

D. Cargo

a. Damage to hazardous cargo

b. Shift of hazardous cargo

c. Cargo jettison

E. Personnel

a. Man overboard

b. Internal search and rescue

c. Serious illness

d. Serious injury

e. Fatality

f. Crew disturbance

g. Passenger disturbance

F. Security

a. Bomb threat

b. Terrorist act

c. Hijack

d. Piracy

G. External Emergency

a. Other ship or aircraft in distress

b. Other ship or aircraft requesting assistance

H. Emergency evacuation and abandonment

a. Life boat

b. Life raft

c. Helicopter

d. other

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