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Overview
This pocket-sized book covers basic tanker safety practices for crew serving on, or about to serve on, chemical tankers. It provides a useful introduction to tanker practice, terminology and standards.
The ISM Code sets standards for companies SMS and operating manuals. When you are on board a chemical tanker you must closely follow these standards. This book is an addition to them, not an alternative.
The owner, operator, Master, senior officers and everybody on board your ship have a duty to comply with good and proper chemical tanker practice.
As a crew member on a chemical tanker, this book will help you with the basics, and the first part of the book looks at the ships and the kind of cargoes they carry. Whereas the rest of the book looks in more detail at the specific hazards and the safety-based responses to them.
You are encouraged to use this book as an introduction to chemical tanker safety and you should seek more information and detail on the various contents of this book. If you are still unsure about any aspect you should ask an officer or other member of the ship’s crew.
Content
Contents
Introduction
The Main Message
Glossary
Bibliography
1 The Ships
Ship Types
Cargo Tank Types
2 Hazards of Chemical Cargoes
Corrosive Cargoes
Flammable Cargoes
The Hazards of Nitrogen
Toxic and Poisonous Cargoes
Reactive Cargoes
Vegetable and Animal Oils
3 Personal Safety
Induction
Familiarisation
The Ship Safety Officer
4 Fire Hazards
Climate Conditions and Vapour Eddies
Personal Habits and Equipment
Shipboard Portable Electrical Devices
Maintenance, Tools and Equipment
Static Electricity
5 Flammable and Toxic Vapour and Gases
6 Enclosed Spaces
7 Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA)
Emergency Escape Breathing Devices (EEBD)
Personal Gas Detection Devices
8 Safety Systems and Responding to Emergencies
Safety Management Systems (SMS)
9 Safety Inspections
lang="en-GB"Details
Title: Chemical Tankers: A Pocket Safety Guide
Edition: Second
Number of Pages: 72
Product Code: WS1380K
ISBN: ISBN 13: 978-1-85609-570-9 (9781856095709), ISBN 10: 1-85609-570-3 (1856095703)
Published Date: January 2013
Binding Format: Paperback
Book Height: 180 mm
Book Width: 120 mm
Book Spine: 5 mm
Weight: 0.13 kg
Author: Chemical Distribution Institute
