1. Dangerous cargos on
OSV vessels
Does the crew have enough
knowledge to handle these
cargoes in a safe manner?
”Norwegian Sea Health Conference” 18th and 19th of april 2012
Haldor Sæther

2. Offshore – How is the logistic
chain?

3. What kind of cargoes do the
OSV vessels carry?
 Dangerous and
polluting goods
in packaged
form
 Containers
 Transportable
tank unites
 Other forms of
package

4. Dangerous and polluting cargoes in
bulk, liquid and dry cargo

5. Dangerous/hazardous
waste from the
offshore installation
 Oily waste
 Waste contaminated
with dangerous
chemicals
 Radioactive waste
 Drilling waste
 Other types of waste
 Waste which is in
bulk or in package
form

6.  Slop and waste which
the crew on board in
many cases do not
get enough
SLOP/SLUDGE
information about ?????
 Dangerous or not
dangerous????
 Flammable or not
flammable????
 Presence of
Hydrogen Sulphide
(H2S)????

7. Other kinds of
cargoes
 Drilling equipment
 Spare parts
 Pipes and
construction parts
 Provision and storage
 Fresh water
 Etc…….

8. The regulation
 All transport of dangerous and
pollutant cargoes is regulated
trough international and
national legislation
 The responsible persons on
board must therefore have
good knowledge about the
requirements set by this
provisions and be able to cope
with them
 This is also stated in the ISM
code

9. But why does there often occures
misunderstandings around the legeslatin
on board on offshore support vessels
 IMO regulations handled by
the flag state authority
 Norwegian Maritime
Directorate
 Petroleum Safety Authority
(Ptil) (on Norwegian sector)
 Have their own legislations
which not always are in
accordance with the IMO
rules

10.  The Norwegian Labour
Inspection Authority (Atil)
(Norwegian)
 Conducts more to the land based
activities and are not always in
alignment with the IMO regulations
 The Climate and Pollution
Agency (Klif) (Norwegian)
 Have also their own regulations
which in some case can be a
challenge to cope with when it is
set up against the IMO rules

11. The challenge occurs in the logistic chain
where all this regulations comes in force
IMO/NMD rules Ptil rules
Klif rules Atil rules

12. What kind of special vessels are
transporting this cargoes?

13. Dangerous goods
in package form
 Container vessels
 RoRo vessels
 Palett vessels

14. Noxious liquid substances
in bulk
 Spescial constructed chemical tankers

15. Oil products in bulk
 Special constructed oil product tankers
 Bunkering vessels

16. Dangerous dry cargo in bulk
 Special constructed dry bulk vessels

17. Hazardous waste
 Special ships for carrying hazardous
waste?

18. Other kinds of cargoes
 Ordinary cargo- and pallet vessels

19. To day many kinds of this cargo types
are shipped on offshore support vessels

20. Qualification requirements
 For personals serving on this
special vessels carrying
dangerous and polluting
cargoes the STCW code STCW code chapter V
Obligations and guidelines
requires special training and regarding training and
certification on special
competence vessels
 The ISM code requires that
the crewmembers on board on
all SOLAS vessels shall be
fully competent to perform the ISM code # 6
Resources and Personnel
jobs they are set to do

21. Where special training and courses
is required, own certificates normally
are issued
 Tankerman, oil
 Tankerman, chemical
 This requires together a 9 days
course, approximately a
duration of 100 hrs (0800 –
2000)
 IMDG code competence
certificate
 Normally a two days course
(included in the general STCW
requirements)

22. Special training on offshore support
vessels
 To day there are no regulated
requirements on special
training or courses regarding
dangerous and polluting cargoes
for personnel on offshore
support vessels
 In spite of that this vessels are
carrying a wide spectres of this
types of cargoes

23. IMO resoulution A.673 (16)
”Guidelines for the Transport and Handling of Limited Amounts of Hazardous
and Noxious Liquid Substances in Bulk on Offshore Support Vessels”
 The guidelines got in force in 1989
 Three minor changes in 2004/2006
 IMO sub committee BLG, has
commenced the work to issued a
new code value for OSV vessels
 A self standing OSV Chemical
Code based on BLG 16/INF.6 as
the part of the T.O.R for the work
 Requirements for formal training for
handling of noxious liquid substances
in bulk is a part of the agenda

24. The new OSV chemical code must necessarily be
seen in connection with other IMO codes
 OSV code (Code of Safe
Practice for the Carriage of
Cargoes and Persons by
Offshore Supply Vessels)
 Guidelines for the design
and construction of OSV
 IBC code (International Code
for the Construction and
Equipment of Ships Carrying
Dangerous Chemicals in Bulk)

25. The “jungle” of regulations and safety
precautions to follow!
I have a
problem!

26. The challenge is how to
deal with all this and to
know what is what!

27. The ship owners in the offshore industry has
realised the necessity of training their ship crew
so they in a better way can take care of the:
 The safety on board
 The environment
 The ship and it’s equipment
 The customers interests
 And to make them more
able to cope with the rules
and the regulations

28. Background for the course
 Aalesund Maritime University College started developing the course
in the winter of 2010 after being challenged by Bourbon Offshore
Norway
 The background was that it did not exist any courses that were
considered as fully relevant for the treatment and carriage of
dangerous and polluting cargoes on board offshore supply vessels

29. The purpose of the course
 Better knowledge in the
handling and carrying of
dangerous and polluting
cargoes in a safe way
 Better knowledge about and
how to deal with and
understand the legislation and
guidelines regarding to
transport of dangerous cargoes

30.  Better knowledge about
the risks connecting to
dangerous and
polluting cargoes
 A tool to secure the
vessel’s, the company's
and the charterer’s
interests related to the
safe handling of the
cargoes
 And to get ..…

31. .... better understanding of what is what
Dangerous goods Other guidelines and regulations Dangerous dry bulk
 SOLAS VII Part A  NWEA  SOLAS VII Part A-1
 Marpol Annex III  IMSBC code
 Classification societies
 Document of Compliance
 IMDG code  From OLF/NR
 Document of Compliance,  From operators
Special requirements for  Safety Management system General
ships carrying dangerous
goods + annex  SOLAS
 Marpol Annex I, IV, V and VI
 Safety Data Sheets
 STCW/ISM code
Noxious liquid substances in  Oil record book part 1
bulk  Bunker analysis
 Ballast convention
 SOLAS VII Part B  Ballast record book
 Marpol Annex II  Garbage Record Book
 A673/IBC code  Safety Management
Certificate / DOC
 Certificate of Fitness /
INLS certificate + annex Oil products in bulk
Hazardous waste
 P&A Manual  Marpol Annex I
 Cargo Record Book  IOPP certificate + annex  National and international
legislation
 SMPEP  Oil record book part 2
 Declaration sheet
 SOPEP/SMPEP

32. The duration of the
course
 20 hours over 3 days
 Theoretically lectures, 16 hrs
 Practical demonstration, 2 hrs
 Summing up and evaluation, 1 hour
 Written test, 1 hour

33. The content of the course

34. Legislations and guidelines
 IMO’s international
conventions and
codes
 SOLAS
 MARPOL
 STCW
 IBC code
 IMDG code
 IMSBC code
 ISM code
 National legislations

35.  IMO guidelines
 The industries'
guidelines and
recommendations,
NWEA
 The ship’s
certificate
requirements
related to
dangerous and
polluting cargoes

36. The offshore support vessel’s general
construction, equipment and systems for
cargo handling
 Cargo deck and
arrangement
 Cargo tank arrangement
and construction
 Pump and piping
arrangements
 Manifold connection
arrangements and hoses
 Cargo measurment
arrangement

37. Cargo transport
and handling
 Cargo types to be
carried
 Planning of loading
and discharging
 Loading and
discharging control
 Cargo
measurement and
calculation

38.  Procedures for
loading and
discharging
 Relevant cargo
documents
 Tank cleaning
 Inerting and padding
 Cargo and slop
contamination

39. Correct communication
against the onshore
and the offshore
installations
 Agreed loading and
discharging plans
including correct
starting up and
stopping procedures
 Emergency stop
Agreed loading and
discharging plan

40. Risks
Safety and pollution
prevention
 Danger
 to the human health
 of reactivity
 of fire and explosion
 to the marine
environment

41. Understanding off
and how to use a
Safety Data Sheets

42. Control of the cargo tank’s and the
enclosed spaces’ atmosphere by use of
gas detection equipment

43. Contingency against oil and
chemical spills
 Correct use of IMDG → EmS – Spill schedules
 Understanding of SMPEP and SOPEP

44. Fire preventing
 Fire fighting and fire extinguish equipment
 Correct use of IMDG → EmS – Fire schedules

45.  Personnel safety
and protection
equipment
 The understanding
of contingency plans

46.  First aid if anyone has been
exposed by noxious substances
 Correct use of IMDG → MFAG

47. The course so far
 Since the beginning it has been
kept 16 courses at the Aalesund
University Collage
 Almost 200 persons both seamen
and relevant office personnel, has
until now taken the course:
 Bourbon Offshore, Havila, Farstad,
Solstad, DOF, Simon Møksters,
Olympic and Østensjø
 Dolphin Drilling
 Statoil, ConocoPhillips and BP
 Norwegian Maritime Directorate

48. Feedbacks from the participants so far
 A relevant and useful course
 Adapted to the offshore
support vessels reality
 Better knowledge about
current regulations and
guidelines
 A lot of ”new” information to
be absorbed in short time
 Nice arena to share
experience and to discuss
problems and challenges
with colleges

49. Thank you for
your attention!