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IInnttrroodduuccttiioonn:: Transportation of chemicals is technically

and operationally different from petroleum

products and requires more sophisticated

tankers. The construction and operation of

such chemical tankers is done in accordance

with the requirements of the International

code for the construction and equipment of

ships carrying dangerous chemicals in Bulk

(IBC code) and anti-pollution regulations of

MAROL Annex II. Both these codes were

amended in 2004 by the Marine

Environment Protection Committee of IMO

and the amended codes came in affect on 1st

Jan, 2007. Operationally, it meant that PNA

manuals of all the chemical tankers had to

be prepared in accordance with the new

codes and approved by the respective

classification societies. Since, the type and

the categories of the chemicals had also

been re-arranged in chapter 17 and chapter

18 of the IBC code, the certificates of fitness

of the vessels had to be re-issued by the

respective classification societies.

SSttuuddyy:: An extensive study of the revised IBC code

and MARPOL Annex II was done and

relevant portions were extracted. The owner

was informed about the repercussions of the

revised IBC code on the operating vessels.

This was followed by study of the ship

specification, manuals and plans and

extracting the relevant data. More often than

not, the vessel required a few structural or

regulatory modifications to enable it to carry

the same cargoes as it used to carry before.

In few cases the class notation of the vessel

had to be temporarily changed from

chemical tanker to NLS tanker because of

the inability of the vessel to undergo the

required modifications in stipulated time

interval. This was done in consultation with

the classification society and the flag state.

We also had the responsibility of printing

the PNA manual and attaching all the

relevant plans in an ergonomic way to make

the manuals more users friendly. It goes

without saying that the whole project needed

a close coordination among the owner, the

classification society and the flag state.




SSccooppee ooff wwoorrkk:: In total, PNA manual of 36 chemical tankers were to be prepared. The chemical tankers were in

various stages of operations. Few tankers were still in the shipyard and due for delivery. A brief

summary of the chemical tankers whose PNA manual were prepared is given below:

Type of vessel No. of sister

vessels

Classification society

Year of

built

Shipyard &

place of built 35000 ton Oil & chemical tanker 2 ABS 2000 Daedong shipyard,

South Korea 35000 ton Oil & chemical tanker 2 DNV 2000-2001 Daedong shipyard ,

South Korea 35000 ton Oil & chemical tanker 2 DNV 1999 DSME, South Korea

37000 ton Oil & Chemical tanker 4 DNV 2000-2002 HMD, South Korea

37000 ton Oil & Chemical tanker 7 DNV 2004-2006 HMD, South Korea

37000 ton Oil & Chemical tanker 1 DNV 2004 HMD, South Korea

47000 ton Oil & Chemical tanker 1 ABS 2005 HMD, South Korea

46000 ton oil & Chemical tanker 4 ABS 2004-2005 HMD, South Korea

46000 ton oil & Chemical tanker 4 ABS 2005-2006 HMD, South Korea

47000 ton oil & Chemical tanker 6 ABS 2000-2003 Onomichi shipyard,

Japan 70000 ton Panamax 2 DNV 2003 DSME,South Korea

16000 ton Oil & Chemical tanker 1 NKK 2001 Watanabe shipyard,

Japan Total 36

The cargo list for the vessel was issued by the classification society later in consultation with the owner.




PPPrrroooccceeessssss::: The whole sequence in which the whole project was done is as follows:

Extraction of the relevant data from the Ship’s plans and manuals

1

Preparation of the electronic copy of the PNA manual based on the template provided by the

classification society

5

Electronic copy sent to the classification society for approval

Electronic copy received from classification society

Did class put any comments?

Did the owner agree with the

comment?

The comment incorporated in the electronic copy

The hard copy of the PNA manual printed & sent to the classification society for stamping

Owner’s stand on the comment explained to the classification

society

The stamped copy of the PNA manual received from class and dispatched to the vessel

6

7.1.1

7 7.1

8

7.1.2

9

Identification of the vessel whose PNA manual is to be

prepared

Study of relevant codes and their amendments

2

3

4

YES

YES NO

NO




Later, the approvals became much easier

because the classification society waved

off steps 5, 6 & 7 seeing the high

standard of the electronic copy of the

Procedure & Arrangement manual. This

meant that the hard copy of the

Procedure and Arrangement manual had

to be submitted to the classification

society directly for stamping without any

soft copy approval.

The classification society later issued the

cargo list in consultation with the owner.

A preliminary list was sent for

verification. The cargo list was verified

with the new carriage requirements for

the vessels and claims were made for

any cargo missing from the list. Once

both partied (Owner and the

classification society) agreed on the final

list of the cargoes, the Certificate of

Fitness was issued.

RRReeesssuuulllttt::: All the PNA manuals got class approval

before 1st Jan 2007 and were onboard in

due time. The Certificates of Fitness

were duly issued by the classification

societies.

FFFuuutttuuurrreee ssscccooopppeee::: The expertise gained during the

preparation and approval of the

Procedures & Arrangements manual and

coordination with the classification

societies can be applied for a variety of

tasks, some of which are:

Making a vessel compliant with

any other revised Maritime code.

Modifications required for the

conversion of oil tankers into

different types of chemical

tankers.

Preparation of different types of

manuals (Garbage Management

Manual, Life Saving Manual

etc.) which may be required

onboard.

Study of future regulations which

may necessitate a new type of

class approved manual and

preparation of the same. An

example could be Ballast water

management manual which is

coming into affect in the near

future.




RRReeefffeeerrreeennnccceeesss:::

1. Capt. Carl Fernandes,

Technical Head, OMCI Pvt. Ltd., 1st Floor, Leela Business Park, Andheri Kurla Road, Andheri (E) Mumbai, India. Phone No.: +91-22- 5640 7200 Email: [email protected]

2. Suboth Kumar, Fleet Manager, 1st Floor, Leela Business Park, Andheri Kurla Road, Andheri (E) OMCI Pvt. Ltd., Mumbai, India. Phone No.: +91-22- 5640 7200 Email: [email protected]

3. Petter Klemet Pedersen, Principal Surveyor, Det Norske Veritas AS MTPN0880, Oslo, Norway. Phone No.: +47 67 57 85 24 Email: [email protected]

4. H M Kim , Manager Machinery, ABS, 8/F Kyobo Life insurance building, 88-7, 4-KaChungang-Dong, Jung-gu, Busan 600737, South Korea. Phone No.: +82 51 460 4131 Email: [email protected]

5. Ryohei Sakai, NKK Hull Department, 4-7, Kioi-Cho, Chuyo-daku, Tokyo, Japan. Phone No.: +81-3-5226-2022 Email:[email protected]

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