SAFETY ON SHIPS

Safety on Ships

Safety on Ships

Introduction

Ship safety my cover many different aspects with the ship itself, like hull construction, machinery, equipment, manning, navigation, operations, maintenance, load lines, and a lot of other aspects like maritime search and rescue, emergency communication, maps, traffic control systems, salvage etc. Improving the safety of ships is at the heart of the ministry's activities. Competent in relation to fishing vessels and trade, construction equipment and barges at sea, the maritime affairs department actively contributes to improving the safety of these vessels. (Bolkcom& Bartholomew, 2007, pp.109)

Discussion

Maritime safety inspection

The Coast Guard Command through its attached units, performs efficiently maritime safety inspections, which are made ??to different types of ships in order to verify compliance with current legislation, to preserve the marine environment and coastal and ensure the safety of human life at sea.

Check covered by inspectors

To carry out this activity with maritime safety inspections there are professionals with extensive knowledge in the field of inspections of ships, those who had once addressed a ship, made ??a documentary check to verify that all relevant documentation to the type of ship that is in order.

Drugs Inspection

A physical inspection of all systems, security devices and structure of the ship such as the presence and operation of pumps services, emergency pumps, portable fire extinguishers and fixed, set the main and auxiliary pumps ballast system, emergency lighting, fire detection system and alarm noise and light, stowage system rafts, life jackets, lifebuoys and reflective strips.

Check the inside of the vessel

It also examines the tightness of the vessel, gates, hatches, communication system, emergency exit in the local engineering, main and auxiliary electrical panels, electrical power supply system and drainage system and bilge level control, and these some general aspects that are objects of review. (Wald, 2005)

Super tankers

The transport of oil by sea is really modern. Begins at the end of the last century in trace amounts, but little by little the great powers were outfitting ships for the transport of oil. The oil travels in these large vessels, which can store large quantities of this precious liquid in tanks. On top of each of the different deposits of oil in each vessel there is another small, which should never be completely filled and which serves to facilitate the expansion of the oil when the temperature increases. Inlet tubes and outlet of oil at the bottom of each tank and closed by valves which can be operated from the deck, filling or emptying the tanks, independently of one another. To reduce as far as possible the dangers of fires and explosions, the deposits are separated from other compartments by double walls between which water is circulated by pumps. (Labaree, et al. 2009, pp.568)

Gas ships

The LNG shipping has increased considerably in recent years that experience its first big break back in the 70's, although this transport was already conducted from quite some years ago. This increase is increased due to increasing demand of gas as energy source for use both domestically and at the ...