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MS act 1958 gives power to the state to give notice and to take measures for preventing or containing the oil pollution. Power vested with the state is described in section 356J to 356 O 356 J:- If central government is satisfied that oil is escaping or is likely to escape from a tanker, ship other than tanker or offshore installation and this is causing or threatens to cause pollution of coastal water of India, may for purpose of minimizing the pollution issue notice to owner, agent, master or charterer of the ship.           Notice may contain action for preventing the escape of oil  action for removing oil action for removal of the ship action for removal of the oil slick on surface of sea action to disperse the oil slicks on surface of sea                                    as specified in notice. 356 K:- Where any person fails to comply with the no...

With respect to MS act 1958 as amended, prevention and provision for containment of accidental pollution of the sea by oil is given in part XI A. sections 356A to 356I deals with the prevention and provision for containment. 356 A:- Applies only on oil tankers of 150 GT or more and other ships of 400 GT or above and offshore installations. Sections deals with incident of marine casualty or acts relating to such casualty occurring with grave and imminent danger to Indian coastline by deliberate, negligent or accidental release of oil into sea including such incidents occurring on high seas. 356 C:- No Indian oil tankers or other ships shall proceed to sea unless there is in force, in respect to that ship, a certificate issued by central government to be called an IOPP certificate. 356 E:- For the purpose of preventing or reducing discharges of harmful substances or mixtures containing such substances from oil tankers or other ships, the central government may make ru...

ROLE OF CHIEF ENGINEER TOWARDS SATISFACTORY TRAINING OF E/R PERSONNEL:-           Chief engineer should establish a training program on board a ship. He should: Break down various jobs into duties tasks and sub tasks. Establish priorities of task. Define performance standard for each task. Identify proper mode of learning. Collect data on profile of trained personnel give trainee, independent of doing job and at the same time supervise his job constantly. Identify constraint like language, lack of training etc. If a trainee is found to be lacking in knowledge in some areas, then the chief engineer must discuss his weakness with him and must try to give him a chance to improve upon. EVALUATING COMPETENCE FOR ON BOARD TRAINING:-           The criteria for evaluating competence for on board training of engine room personnel is given in column 4 of tables A-III/1 & III/4. Some of the criteria are:- Identification ...

The training program developed should be in accordance with chapter VI of STCW code 2010, which deals with standards and minimum requirement regarding familiarizing and basic safety training for emergency and occupational safety along with medical care and survival functions.                 The purpose of such a training should be to provide basic knowledge, increase their proficiency and at the same time enhancing their skill by subjecting them to simulated emergency situation i.e. drills and exercises, so that the personnel identifies the potential hazardous situation that may result in threat to life or the pollution of marine environment.  1) FIRE PREVENTION AND FIRE FIGHTING:-  Training program for this should be complying with chapter VI table A-VI/ 1-2, where by specification of minimum standard of competence in fire prevention and fire fighting are laid down. Competence is in minimizing the risk of fire and maintaining ...

According to IMO expert study, the use of HFO will largely have to be abandoned once the sulfur content limit in fuel decreases to less than 1%. A report by IMO states that approximately 0.5% of the fuel currently used by global maritime traffic is HFO with sulphur content of less than 0.5%. A switch to fuel with a maximum sulphur content of 0.1% will in practice will in practice mean that vessel will have to use gas oil (MGO) as fuel, which is lot more expensive than HFO.                             As a result sea freight charges will increase considerably when the stringent regulation on maximum sulphur content takes effect. Fuel cost contributes 30-55% of costs incurred in running of ships. The difference in cost rise of fuel oil can be explained as follows:-                    Let us suppose price of HFO with 1.5% Sulphur be Rs X.         ...

There are primarily 3 excitation sources of vibration on a ship:- a) Wave forces b) Machinery generated vibration:  1) Primary excitation - Which are forces and moments originating from combustion pressure and inertia forces of rotating and reciprocating masses.    2) Secondary excitation -- Stemming from a forced vibratory response in a substructure. c) Propeller induced excitation :  1) As a result of unbalance caused by damage   2) Hydrodynamic excitation due to uneven flow of water to propeller.                          If the forcing frequency of the externally applied vibration coincides with the natural frequency of the hull, resonance occurs and considerable damage can result by the compounding of overlapping excitation amplitudes.        For avoiding resonance either the frequency of the exciting external force or the natural frequency of the hu...

Institutions established under MS act 1958 of India:- 1) NATIONAL SHIPPING BOARD:-                Under section 4 of MS act 1958 national shipping board is established. It is the highest advisory body on matters related to Indian shipping fraternity including its expansion, liberalization policies, development etc. The total number of members should not exceed 16. Out of 16 members 6 will be Member of Parliament. Out of 6 4 will be from LOK SABHA and 2 will be from RAJYA SABHA. Other members will be to represent government, owner, seaman etc. The tenure of the board is of 2 years. At present the chairman of the board is Capt. P.V.K.Mohan. 2) NATIONAL WELFARE BOARD FOR SEAFARER:-                Under section 218 of MS act 1958 National board for seafarer is established. The function of welfare board is as follows:- Establishment of sailor home, boarding, lodging homes. Establishment of libraries, r...