Basic Training for Liquefied Gas Tanker Cargo Operations

Take precautions to prevent hazards

• Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS)

• Hazards associated with tanker operations

  • • Health hazards

    • Environmental hazards 

    • Reactivity hazards 

    • Corrosion hazards 

    • Explosion and flammability hazards 

    • Sources of ignition 

    • Electrostatic hazards 

    • Toxicity hazards 

    • Vapor leaks and clouds 

    • Extremely low temperatures 

    • Pressure hazards

• Hazards Controls

  • • Inerting, drying and monitoring techniques

    • Anti-static measures 

    • Ventilation 

    • Segregation 

    • Cargo inhibition 

    • Importance of cargo compatibility 

    • Atmospheric control 

    • Gas testing

Apply occupational health and safety precautions and measures

• Safe working practices and procedures in accordance with legislation and industry guidelines and personal shipboard safety relevant to liquefied gas tankers

  • • Precautions to be taken when entering enclosed spaces 

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

    • Safety measures for hot and cold work

    • Electrical safety 

    • Ship/shore safety checklist

• Safety equipment and protective devices

  • • Breathing apparatus and tank evacuating equipment 

    • Protective clothing and equipment 

    • Resuscitators 

    • Rescue and escape equipment

• First aid with reference to a Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS)

• Gas-measuring instruments and similar equipment

Contribute to the safe operation of a liquefied gas tanker

• Introduction to liquefied gas tankers

  • • Types of liquefied gas tankers 

    • General arrangement and construction

• Tanker safety culture and safety management

• Physical properties of liquefied gases

  • • Properties and characteristic

    • Pressure and temperature, including vapour pressure / temperature relationship

    • Types of electrostatic charge generation

    • Chemical symbols

• Cargo operations

  • • Piping systems and valves 

    • Cargo handling equipment 

    • Loading, unloading and care in transit 

    • Emergency shutdown (ESD) system 

    • Tank cleaning, purging, gas-freeing and inerting

Respond to Emergencies

• Emergency procedures including emergency shutdown

Take precautions to prevent pollution of the environment from the release of liquefied gases

• Effects of pollution on human and marine life

• Shipboard procedures to prevent pollution

• Measures to be taken in the event of spillage

Carry out fire-fighting operations

• Firefighting Operations

  • • Tank fire organization and action to be taken

    • Special hazards associated with cargo handling and transportation of liquefied gases in bulk

    • Fire-fighting agents used to extinguish gas fires

    • Fixed fire-fighting foam system operations

    • Portable fire-fighting foam operations 

    • Fixed dry chemical system operations

    • Spill containment in relation to other fire-fighting operations