Code No: 956
Video Running Time: 24 minutes
KEEPING UP STANDARDS - SHIP VETTING INSPECTION FOR BULK OIL
CARRIERS (EDITION 3)
The Revised Ship Inspection Report System (SIRE) is an important
tool for organisations chartering oil tankers, barges and gas
carriers. It provides access to inspection reports to charterers,
ship operators, terminal operators and government bodies including
Port State Control Authorities.
This training package is designed to help prepare an oil tanker
for a SIRE inspection. It includes a video and a workbook. Many
elements of both would be relevant for a tanker facing any
inspection.
The teaching points of the package include:
A properly operated ship should always be ready for an
inspection because the inspection is based on international
regulations and industry standards.
To prepare for an inspection the ship's management team
should carry out their own routine inspection.
No charterer or inspector expects a perfect ship. Ship's
personnel must have followed established procedures to put right
any defect and have managed the situation correctly.
Covering up a defect or failure is likely to land the ship in
worse trouble than the original defect.
During the inspection the inspector should be accompanied at all
times and led rather than followed.
Inspectors should not be feared. They are fellow professionals
seeking to establish that the ship does not represent a risk to the
potential charterer.
Ship's personnel should answer any questions the inspector
might ask them honestly and to the point.
If the inspector does not leave a written summary of the
observations, the master is well advised to record the
inspector's observations and ask the inspector to sign
them.
The video shows a ship preparing for a SIRE inspection and the
inspection being carried out. Suggestions are made as to how
ship's personnel should manage these situations. Ship Assessors
are shown examining the final inspection report.
