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:: Safety at Sea ::

Do you Know Enough to Make a Difference?

This video (small portion is published here) has been made specifically to give to the Crew and Staff an introduction to the Cruise Ship Ocean Majesty (owned by Majestic International Cruises [+], Athens) in the form of an overview of the Safety information they are required to know under International Maritime Law. Read also: Safety during ship abandonment drills [+]

Scripting by: Karen Holladay, Page & Moy Cruises - England
The units are demonstrated by: Georgios Ioannides, Managing Director of HellasCams [+]
Director: Giorgos B. Lampros

The information in this video is not exhaustive and cannot replace on board training. Detailed information on Crowd Management will be shown on separate video as this could not be included in this video.
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  Introduction »


By: Cruise Director, Karen Holladay, Page & Moy Cruises - England

 Duration: 1 min 27 secs



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  The Ship's Management »


 Duration: 39 secs




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  The Operations Centre of the Ship »


 Duration: 3 min 04 secs




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  The Specific Alarms and Codes that inform Crew and Staff that something has happened at a specified location on board »


Demonstration by: Georgios Ioannides, Telecoms/Bridge Officer 

 Duration: 3 min 48 secs


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  In an Abandon Ship Situation »


Demonstration by: Georgios Ioannides, Telecoms/Bridge Officer

 Duration: 4 min 23 secs



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  How to wear the Lifejacket »


Demonstration by: Cruise Director, Karen Holladay, Page & Moy Cruises - England

 Duration: 2 min 20 secs



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  If you have to jump into the water wearing your lifejacket you should…»


Demonstration by: Tim Barnwell, Page & Moy Executive - England

 Duration: 2 min 20 secs



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  The General Alarm »


If the emergency becomes uncontrollable the Captain will sound the General Alarm

 Duration: 2 min 22 secs



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  Fire Fighting Equipment »

  Fire is the greatest hazard onboard any ship and the seriousness of the fire and the cost in human and material terms may depend directly on your actions
 
 Duration: 7 min 22 secs



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  Fire Procedures »

  If trapped in a smoke filled room...

 Duration: 1 min 30 secs




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The Ship's Lifeboats »

Lifeboats are designed to disembark passengers and crew in the event of having to abandon ship...

Duration: 11 min 49 secs


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  The Ship's Liferafts »

  Liferafts are designed for Crew members, but would be used for passengers if the lifeboats were incapacitated…

 Duration: 8 min 12 secs




 
Safety during ship abandonment drills

It has been 97 years since the sinking of the "TITANIC", when the technology at that time was fatefully subjugated to the force of natural phenomena, resulting at the loss of hundreds of human lives, many of which could have been saved if more lifeboats had been installed onboard the ship.

Since then, lifeboats and other life-saving appliances have significantly progressed and on the one hand they should be adequate onboard passenger and cargo ships, and on the other hand, seafarers must have confidence in them for their personal safety and survival in case of an actual emergency.

The continuing accidents occurring during ship abandonment drills or inspections of lifeboats have been in the center of discussions in the world maritime community. Most of these accidents are attributed to failures and design faults of the on-load release mechanism, the inadequate maintenance of lifeboats and launching appliances, lack of familiarity of the crew with the life-saving appliances and unsafe practices followed during drills and surveys.

Experience has shown that holding frequent drills contributes in familiarizing the crew with the life-saving appliances onboard their ships and increasing their confidence in them. Emphasis must be given on learning the particular technical characteristics of the life-saving means and not simply in meeting the requirements of the respective Regulations, so that accidents, many of which in the past were fatal, be avoided.

With the Circular MSC.1/Circ.1326 issued on 11-6-2009 by the International Maritime Organization, it is clarified that the crew should not be required to be onboard a lifeboat during its launching at a drill. The Master of the ship, taking into account all safety aspects, will decide whether the assigned operating crew will embark onboard the lifeboat when it is launched so that the necessary maneuvering in the water be carried out afterwards.

An equally important issue is proper maintenance and conduct of annual inspections and tests to lifeboats and their launching appliances. It is widely known that a sufficient, world network of authorized providers of lifeboats’ maintenance is not yet available, causing inevitably problems to the smooth operation of ships.

The inspections and maintenance of lifeboats are described in the Regulation 20 of SOLAS Chapter III and are summarized in the following table which has been adapted from HELMEPA’s publication "Ship’s Manual".
 
Inspection – Maintenance of lifeboats Frequency

The lifeboats, rescue boats and their launching appliances are visually inspected (condition of hooks, falls, release gear, etc.).

Weekly

All engines in lifeboats are run for a period not less than 3 minutes.

Weekly

The lifeboats (except free fall lifeboats) are moved from their stowed position without any persons on board to the extent necessary to demonstrate satisfactory operation of launching appliances provided that the weather conditions and sea state so allow.

Weekly

The lifeboats (except free fall lifeboats) and their equipment are moved from their stowed position without any persons on board and inspected using the check list required by Regulation 36-1 to make sure that the lifeboats are complete and in good order.

Monthly
Thorough examination and dynamic test of the winch brake at maximum lowering speed. Annually (the test is carried out every 5 years with a load of 1.1 times the maximum working load of the winch)
Thorough examination and test of the lifeboat on load release gear. Annually (the test is carried out every 5 years under a load of 1.1 times the total mass of the lifeboat)
End for end turning of falls and replacement. Less than 30 months & 5 years respectively

Falls replacement without end to end turning with periodic inspections.

Less than 4 years

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