Allow Sufficient Time Or It Will Be Costly

A 24-year-old panamax bulk carrier was chartered out for a single voyage time to load barley in a Black Sea port in the Ukraine. The voyage orders from the head charterers gave the following instructions to the master based on the charter party terms:

“On arrival at the load port, vessel to be clean, swept/washed, dried and ready in every respect and in all compartments to receive charterer’s cargo – failing which the ship to be offhire and owners to take immediate steps to speed up cleaning as fast as possible including the use of shore labour. If ship fails inspection the bunkers consumed and extra directly related costs to be for owner’s account until ship has been passed in all loading holds.”

The ship left the last port having discharged a cargo of petcoke. The voyage to the next loading port was four days. Poor weather hampered the hold cleaning by the crew. It is evident that for a ballast voyage of this short duration, taking account of the age, size of ship and the last four cargoes, four days to carry out hold cleaning ready for grain was not going to be sufficient. The master advised the owners of this fact. The sequence of the previous four cargoes had been petcoke, coal, coal, bauxite. As a guide, with a normal crew complement who are experienced, organised and have the correct equipment, it will take one day to clean a hold of a panamax bulk

carrier, although drying the holds will obviously take longer and will normally require the hatch lids to be opened to air.

An inspection took place on arrival at the load port and all seven holds were rejected because of the presence of residue and dust from previous cargoes, and remaining water in the holds and bilges.

The following day, shore cleaning gangs attended the ship and six days later, the ship was again presented to the surveyor. Again, the ship failed for similar reasons plus the fact that loose rust scale was present on the tank top. It was found that the cleaning gangs did not have sufficient personnel or equipment; they did not use high-pressure wash-down guns; and used only cold water without chemicals.

The charterers decided to send the ship to another port for another cargo, and a day later, the grain surveyor again found the holds unfit to carry cargo. Another set of shore cleaning gangs came aboard to clean the holds and three days later, the holds were finally passed as clean and dry, and ready to load. It is worth noting that even on the survey which the ship passed, there was evidence of petcoke staining on the hold bulkheads.

The claim from the charterers was that the ship was not ready to load under the terms of the charter party and that there was a loss because the first cargo of grain could not be loaded. The claim amounted to some $400,000.

16 a) Complete

Cargo transported	Clean-up method	Problem arisen

b) Discuss how the problems after each clean-up could be avoided.

17 Debate!!!

v It is always the problem with time and hurry when loading and discharging cargo.

v There are no others to blame but the head charterers and cleaning gangs.

v It is the age and the size of ship that cause problems.

18 Complete with the English/Russian equivalents.

Are the safety arrangements in the hold(s) operational?

Имеется ли грузовой список и полный ли он?

Prepare the vessel for loading/discharging.

Отдать задрайки крышек люков.

Yes, the holds are clean/dry / free of smell.

The cargo list will be available and complete in... min­utes.

Рассчитайте остойчивость.

Зачистите трюм(-ы) / палубу(-ы).

Preparing for loading/discharging 1 ___________________________________ _____________________________________ 2 Unlock the hatch covers. 3 Rig the hatchrails in no.... hold(s).	Подготовка к погрузке/выгрузке 1 Приготовить судно к погрузке/ выгрузке.   2 __________________________________ 3 Установить леерные ограждения люков в трюме(-ах) №....
4 Is the cargo list available and complete? - Yes, the cargo list is available and complete. - No, the cargo list is not available and complete (yet) - ____________________________________ _____________________________________	4 __________________________________ _____________________________________ - Да, полный грузовой список имеется. - Нет, полного грузового списка (еще) нет. - Полный грузовой список будет готов через... минут.
5 Complete the stowage plan. 6 Make the stability calculation.	5 Завершите составление грузового плана. 6 ___________________________________
7 Are the holds clean / dry / free of smell? -__________________________________ ___________________________________ - No, the holds are not clean / dry / free of smell (yet).   - The holds will be clean / dry / free of smell in... minutes / hours.   - Clean the hold(s)/deck(s).	7 Грузовые трюмы очищены / сухие / не имеют запаха? - Да, трюмы очищены / сухие / не имеют запаха. - Нет, трюмы (еще) не очищены / не сухие / имеют запах. - Трюмы будут очищены / сухие / без запаха через... минут / часов.   - ___________________________________
8 ___________________________________ ____________________________________ - Yes, the safety arrangements in the hold(s) are opera­tional. - No, the safety arrangements in the hold(s) are not opera­tional (yet). - The safety arrangements in the hold(s) will be operational in... minutes.	8 В рабочем ли состоянии средства обеспечения безопасно­сти в трюме(-ах)? - Да, средства обеспечения безопасности в трюме(-ах) в рабочем состоянии. - Нет, средства обеспечения безопасности в трюме(-ах) (еще) не в рабочем состоянии. - Средства обеспечения безопасности в трюме(-ах) бу­дут приведены в рабочее состояние через... минут.

19 Transfer the messages into SMCP.

a. Finish up with the stowage plan.

_________________________________________________________

b. Determine the stability of the vessel, please.

_________________________________________________________

c. Is there any wet in the holds?

_________________________________________________________

d. Does the safety equipment in the hold work?

_________________________________________________________

e. Have you finished the completion of the cargo list?

_________________________________________________________

f. Yes, there is still some smell in the hold.

_________________________________________________________

20 Listen to the conversation and write down all SMCP you hear.

21 Write down three statements from act. 16 adding a mistake and let your partner correct them.

Model: The holds will be clean after 5 hours. --- The holds will be clean in 5 hours.

_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

22 Ask your partner for the correct equivalents.

Cadet A	Cadet B
Трюмы будут очищены / сухие / без запаха через 2 часа. Установить леерные ограждения люков в трюме № 4. Отдать задрайки крышек люков. Полный грузовой список будет готов через 30 минут. В рабочем ли состоянии средства обеспечения безопасно­сти в трюмах?	Грузовые трюмы очищены / сухие / не имеют запаха? Рассчитайте остойчивость. Имеется ли грузовой список и полный ли он? Да, средства обеспечения безопасности в трюмах в рабочем состоянии. Завершите составление грузового плана.

Vocabulary

23 Study the photos and write down Ukrainian/Russian equivalents.

1. stringent (adj.) ________________________	2. acceptable (adj.) ________________________	3. insect _______________________
4. hard-adhering (adj.) ________________________	5. dozer bucket ________________________

24 Write down the definitions.

1. intact ______________________________________________________________________

2. shipment ____________________________________________________________________

3. stringent ____________________________________________________________________

4. hard-adhering ________________________________________________________________

5. dozer bucket _________________________________________________________________

6. acceptable __________________________________________________________________

7. insect ______________________________________________________________________

25 Write down the word-combinations.

insect acceptable hard-adhering stringent shipment dozer bucket intact

paint standard surface fumigation previous clean scale

__________________________________________ __________________________________________ __________________________________________ __________________________________________ __________________________________________ __________________________________________

26 Complete with the words from act.24.

1. The highest standard of cleaning is called ___________ clean.

2. It’s ___________ to have some not falling paint scales in the hold.

3. The hold is washed down and dried ready for taking cargoes similar with the last __________.

4. After the ______________clean the hold should be roughly swept by the stevedores or crew.

5. The highest standard of cleaning requires all paint coatings to be ___________.

6. ______________scale within a hold is acceptable if it doesn’t fall during cargo operations.

7. The hold should be free from ___________ to prevent grains and sugar spoilage.

27 Share your practice experience.

1. Have you ever operated a dozer bucket?

2. Did you have to fumigate the hold to get rid of insects?

3. What was the stringent clean you performed?

Reading

28 Brainstorm.

29 Read the text and complete the gaps.

rinsed well ventilated shipment insects stringent dried dozer bucket

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