Advanced Training for ChemicalTanker Cargo Operations

Familiarity with physical and chemical properties of chemical cargoes

• Chemical and physical properties of chemical cargoes with reference to Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS)

  • • Chemical cargoes categories (corrosive, toxic, flammable, explosive) 

    • Chemical groups and industrial usage

    • Reactivity of cargoes

Take precautions to prevent hazards

• Hazards and control measures associated with chemical tanker cargo operations

  • • Flammability and explosion 

    • Toxicity 

    • Health hazards 

    • Inert gas composition 

    • Electrostatic hazards 

    • Reactivity 

    • Corrosivity

    • Low-boiling-point cargoes 

    • High-density cargoes 

    • Solidifying cargoes 

    • Polymerizing cargoes

• Dangers of non-compliance with relevant rules/regulations 

Take precautions to prevent pollution of the environment

• Procedures to prevent pollution of the  atmosphere and the environment 

Apply occupational health and safety precautions

• Safe working practices including risk assessment and personal shipboard safety relevant to chemical tankers

  • • Precautions to be taken when entering enclosed spaces, including correct use of different types of breathing apparatus

    • Precautions to be taken before and during repair and maintenance work

    • Precautions for hot and cold work

    • Precautions for electrical safety 

    • Use of appropriate Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)

Ability to safely perform and monitor all cargo operations 

• Chemical tanker designs, systems and equipment

• Pump theory and characteristics 

• Tanker safety culture and implementation of Safety Management System (SMS)

• Monitoring and Safety Systems, including Emergency Shutdown

• Cargo measurements and calculations

• Development and application of cargo-related operation plans, procedures and checklists

• Chemical cargo-related operations 

  • • Loading and unloading plans 

    • Ballasting and deballasting

    • Tank cleaning operations 

    • Tank atmosphere control 

    • Inerting

    • Gas-freeing 

    • Ship-to-ship transfers 

    • Inhibition and stabilization requirements 

    • Heating and cooling requirements and consequences to adjacent cargoes 

    • Cargo compatibility and segregation 

    • High-viscosity cargoes 

    • Cargo residue operations

    • Operational tank entry

• Effect of bulk liquid cargoes on trim and stability and structural integrity 

• Calibration and use of monitoring and gas detection systems, instruments and equipment

• Management  and supervision of personnel with cargo-related responsibilities

Respond to emergencies

• Chemical tanker emergency procedures  

• Collision, grounding or spillage

• Medical first aid procedures on board chemical tankers 

Monitor and control compliance with legislative requirements

• MARPOL and other relevant IMO instruments, industry guidelines and port regulations 

• IBC Code and related documents