The document outlines learning outcomes and lessons for cargo handling safety and care of cargo during voyages, including explaining the importance of not exceeding safe working loads of cargo equipment, frequently checking cargo gears during operations, and inspecting and tightening cargo lashings daily to prevent shifting. Proper procedures are discussed for opening and closing mechanically operated hatches under officer supervision.
The document outlines learning outcomes and lessons for cargo handling safety and care of cargo during voyages, including explaining the importance of not exceeding safe working loads of cargo equipment, frequently checking cargo gears during operations, and inspecting and tightening cargo lashings daily to prevent shifting. Proper procedures are discussed for opening and closing mechanically operated hatches under officer supervision.
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Inspect and report defects and damage to cargo spaces, hatch covers and ballast tanks
The document outlines learning outcomes and lessons for cargo handling safety and care of cargo during voyages, including explaining the importance of not exceeding safe working loads of cargo equipment, frequently checking cargo gears during operations, and inspecting and tightening cargo lashings daily to prevent shifting. Proper procedures are discussed for opening and closing mechanically operated hatches under officer supervision.
The document outlines learning outcomes and lessons for cargo handling safety and care of cargo during voyages, including explaining the importance of not exceeding safe working loads of cargo equipment, frequently checking cargo gears during operations, and inspecting and tightening cargo lashings daily to prevent shifting. Proper procedures are discussed for opening and closing mechanically operated hatches under officer supervision.
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COMPETENCE: Inspect and report defects
and damage to cargo spaces, hatch covers and
ballast tanks
KUP: Knowledge of safe handling, stowage
and securing of cargoes including dangerous and harmful cargoes and their effects on the safety of life and of the ship. Lesson 8 & 9 - Care of Cargo During the Voyage - WK 9 MT 2-5 STCW Table A-II/1 Learning Outcome At the end of the course , the students shall be able to: Lesson 8 - Cargo Handling Safety LO 8.2- Explain why Safety Working Load (SWL)of equipment should never be exceeded. LO 8.3- State the importance of frequently checking of cargo gears during cargo operations. LO 8.4-Explain why a mechanicallyoperated hatch should be closed or opened by ship's crew under the supervision of a responsible officer.
Lesson 9 - Care of Cargo During Voyage
LO 9.1 Explain why lashing of cargoes shall be checked and tightened everyday. STCW Table A-II/1 LO 8.2-Explain why safe working load (SWL) of equipment never be exceeded. •The safe working load (SWL) for the assembled gear shall be marked on the heel of each cargo boom, crane, or derrick.
•These letters and figures are to be in contrasting
colors to the background and at least one inch in height.
•The SWL is construed to be the load the gear is
approved to lift, excluding the weight of the gear itself. STCW Table A-II/1 • All wire rope, chains, rings, hooks, links, shackles, swivels, blocks, and any other loose gear used or intended to be used in cargo loading or unloading must be commensurable with the SWL.
• This gear shall be visually inspected by the
vessel's captain or his designee at frequent intervals, and in any event not less than once in each operating month. A certificate of their properties must be available. STCW Table A-II/1 LO 8.3- State the importance of frequent checking of cargo gears during operations: All cargo handling gears should be inspected before the cargo operation is commenced to ensure that all gears are in good working condition and to prevent any accident and or damage to cargo, ship or injuries and loss of human lives. When the cargo operation is in progress, routine inspections on all cargo gears must be conducted for any sign of wear and tear. If found defective, stop cargo operation and corrective actions and preventive maintenance must be carried out. STCW Table A-II/1 LO 8.4-Explain why a mechanically operated hatch should be closed or opened by ship's crew under the supervision of a responsible officer. Mechanically or hydraulically operated hatches should be opened or closed by the ship's crew under the supervision of a responsible person. Hatch covers should be secured by locking devices to prevent them moving accidentally. STCW Table A-II/1 All persons should keep of the hatch and stowage position during the operation of the hatch cover. The area should be clear of guys, dunnage, runners etc. which might foul the covers.
Mechanical hatch covers in the open position
should be secured against movement using chain preventers or other suitable means. STCW Table A-II/1 LO 9.1 Explain why lashing of cargoes shall be checked and tightened everyday.
Cargo lashings must be able of being checked and
tightened when on a passage.
When cargoes are lashed a regular routine of inspecting
the lashings daily, or more frequently, is essential. The frequency of the inspections must be increased early in the voyage before the cargo has settled, in bad weather and at any time when each inspection finds noticeable looseness in the lashings STCW Table A-II/1 Lashing is the securing of cargo for transportation with the goal of minimizing shifting. Items used for lashing include ropes, cables, wires, chains, strapping, and nets. These items are anchored to the container and tensioned against the Reference Text Books: R4–Cargo Handling and Stowage 2: Carriage of No-Dangerous Goods T1-Cargo Works for Maritime Operation 8th Ed. T3-Thoma’s Stowage 2012: The Properties and Stowage of Cargoes R2-CSS Code:Code of Safe Practice for Cargo Stowage & Securing 3rdEd.