Own vessel aground
1.Stop engine
2.Call or inform master and er
3.Sound general emg alarm
4.Close watertight doors, if fitted.
5.Check depth / sounding using echo sounder, draft considers.
6.Maintain a vhf watch on ch 16, if appropriate on ch 13.
7.Exhibit lights / shapes and make any appropriate sound signals. Nav lights off.
8.Switch on deck lights at night.
9.Check hull for damage.
10.Sound bilges and tanks (db, fw, bkr, er.)
11.Visually inspect compartment where possible.
12.Sound around ship.
13.Determine which way deep water lies.
14.Determine the nature of the seabed.
15.Damage control party to access the damage.
16. Obtain information on local currents and tides, particularly the details of time of rise and fall of the tide.
17.Reduce the draft of the ship.
18.Make ships posn available to radio room / gmdss station, satellite terminal and other automatic distress transmitters and update if necessary.
19.Broadcast distress alert and message if the ship is in grave and imminent danger and immediate assistance required, other wise broadcast an urgency message to ships in the vicinity.
20.Log entry, inform to port and obey the orders of port.
21.Pollution.
Duties of oow / 3rd officer
He is a masters representative and masters trust lies over him along with responsibility to carry out safe and sound navigational watch and duties.
1.Maintain a safe navigational watch.
2.Maintain a proper look out by sight and hearing.
3.Follow col regs to avoid collision and traffic.
4.Familiarization with all navigational equipment
5.Check vsl’s course regularly.
6.Plot vsl’s position regularly.
7.Monitor vsls progress along intended route.
8.Compare gyro comp with magnetic compasses.
9.Take compass error once a watch and every a/c of course.
10.Carry out radar plotting.
11.Record bridge activities in log book.
12.Beware of vsl’s turning circle and stopping distance.
13.Inform master any event / moment affecting vsl’s progress.
14.Understand handing over watch procedure.
15.Make periodic checks on nav equipments.
16.Be aware of safety equipments on bridge and their operation.
17.Be fully conversant with pollution prevention obligations and regulations.
18.General communications.
19.Ensure fire patrol, antipiracy watch maintained at all times.
20.Gmdss watch keeping.
21.Monitor cargo operations.
22.Monitor and control machinery.
23.Supervise routine work on deck.
Supervise rigging of pilot ladder, gangways, mooring, fire wire and bunker ops and man and material including prev of pollution at all times.
Heavy weather preparations and checks
1.Inform master, e/r, crew and other departments such as galley etc.
2.When master on bridge – ask him if reqd to plot alternate course, show him the recent wx reports, square and secure up the bridge, wear proper ppe and organize respective crew with their ppe on.
3.Check whether all movable objects been secured above and below decks particularly in e/r, galley and store rooms, paint locker, boson store
4.Check whether ships accommodation been secured and all ports and deadlights closed
5.Boat deck – life boat well secured, check gripes
6.Check for wx deck openings being secured – hatch acers, doors, air and bilge pipe to be covered, sounding caps to be closed, mooring winches to be covered electrical ckts
7.Further on deck
-Rigging of safety line or hand rope on the deck on both the sides from fwd to aft
-Hatches to be batten down
-Gangway to be extra lashed and properly secured
-Closing of all watertight doors
-Loose mooring ropes to be in and lashed
-All loose gears, drums etc to be secured and lashed
-Anchor to be extra lashed and secured, spuring pipe to be covered
-Scrupers and outlets to be kept open on deck
-Soundings must be checked
-Everything checked and done must be logged down and inform master
-Ballast condition to be checked and conveyed with c/o and master
-Fse to be reduced
-Cargo gear lashings with hook
-Cargo lashings to be tightened if loaded
8.Crew to be warned to avoid using / going to upper deck areas as it is dangerous in heavy wx
9.Instructions to be issued on following: monitoring wx reports, transmitting wx reports to the appropriate authorities or in case of tropical storms, danger messages in accordance with solas
Man overboard
As oow actions to be carried out when man overboard
1.Immediately wheel hard over to causality side
2.Release mob (smoke signal) apparatus with light and life buoy on the side of the crew member has fallen overboard
3.Mob button on gps
4.Sound oscar ‘3 prolonged blasts on whistle” and repeat in necessary
5.Post a lookout with binoculars and instruct him for continues watch on mob
6.Hoist signal flag “o”
7.Commence a recovery maneuver such as williamson’s turn
8.Change over to hand (manual steering)
9.Note ships position, wind speed and direction and time
10.Inform master if not on bridge and engine room
11.Place engines on stand by
12.Muster rescue boat crew
13.Prepare rescue boat for possible launching (crew wearing life jackets and safety harness ppe)
14.Distribute portable radio “vhf” for communication
15.Rig pilot ladder / nets in recovery
16.Make ships position available to radio room / gmdss station
17.Broadcast urgency message to ships in the vicinity
18. Prepare hospital (may be suffering from hypothermia etc..)
19.Have long heaving line, l.buoys, lta ready if bad weather persists
Use of imsar if does not find causality
Pilot card
1.Ship’s particulars: name, c.s, displacement, dwt, year built, loa, breadth, bulbous bow y/n, draught, forward aft, midship’s, port anchor, stbd anchor, shackles.
2.Loaded/ballast manifold.
3.Air draught.
4.Engine: type, manpower, rpm/pitch, loaded speed, ballast speed.
5.Steering: rudders. Type, max, propeller ..cpp..thrusters, bow power, stern power, steering
6.Equipment checked: ready for use- anchors, whistle, flags, x-band radar, s-band radar, speed log, echo sounder, enps, compass system, steering gear, rudder /rpm / rot indicators, vhf, mooring winches and lines.
7.Equipment operational defects.
8.Other important details.
9.Master’s name and date.
Navigation in costal waters
1.Following considerations while preparing passage plan
a.Taking in advise /recommendation from sailing directions
b.Ships draft in relation to available depth of water
c.Effect of squat on under keel clearance in shallow water
d. Tides and currents
e.Wx particularly in areas more susceptible to poor visibility
f. Available navigational aids and their accuracy
g.Which positions fixing methods to be used
h.Day / night time passing of danger points
i. Traffic likely to be encountered flow type and volume
j. Any requirements for tss / routing scheme
2.Monitoring of local / costal warnings broadcast
3.Is participation in area reporting systems recommended including vts
4.Is the ships position being fixed at regular intervals
5.Checking and testing of equipments at regular intervals
-Gyro / magnetic compass
-Checking and testing manual steering before entering costal water if the auto mode is in usage for a long time
-Performance of radar and its head line alignment
-Echo sounder
6.Is the oow prepared to use the engines and call a lookout or helms man to the bridge
7.Appropriate measure and arrangements to be made to safe guard the environment from any pollution and there by complying with applicable regulations of pollution
