BUNKERING

Bunkering is the supply of fuel for use by ships. safe bunkering practice require proper procedures safety awareness constant attention and regular training safe bunkering.

The best practices for safe bunkering start with the person charge also known as the PIC. This individual must be a credentialed master mate engineer or tankerman. The first task of the PIC is to identify and share with the crew the vessels oil transfer procedures should be prominiently displayed for quick and easy reference by all onboard.

Pre-loading Plan: The pre-loading plan should include description of the tanks their capacities the current level and type of oil in the tanks expected final oil level and percentage completion the sequence of filling and the monitoring procedures it's important to stress to the crew that monitoring is more than simply observing the felling procedure it's frequently watching the tank levels and valve alignments.