1. Answer the questions.

1.What is the type of the own vessel?

2.From what place was she moving to her designated berth?

3.Where was a tug made fast?

4.How was the own ship to berth?

5.At what speed did own vessel head towards her berth?

6.What did the master and the pilot do when approaching the berth?

7.What was manoeuvring control transferred to?

8.What did the chief officer report?

9.At what speed was own vessel still moving?

10.What did captain realise?

11.What actions were made to avoid the contact with the other vessel?

12.What damage did both vessels sustain?

2. Explain the phrases in bold using English equivalents.

1.to move from anchorage to her designated berth.

2.to passe the breakwater inwards, a tug was made fast on the port quarter.

3.she was swung in the turning basin.

4.the master ordered slow astern, followed by full astern.

3. Are these statements true or false? Correct the false ones.

1.Own vessel was in ballast.

2.She was moving from her berth.

3.She passed the breakwater outwards.

4.The tug was made fast on the port quarter.

5.Own vessel was moving to her berth at about three knots.

6.The distance between own ship's bow and the stern of other ship was about 150 metres.

7.Own vessel was approaching the berth at a safe speed.

8.The master ordered half astern when he realised that the speed was excessive.

9.This prevented the bow of own vessel from making contact with the othe vessel.

10.Own vessel did not sustain any damage.

11.The other vessel sustained damage in the way of her accommadation block.

4. Make up questions to get the following answers.

1.A product vessel.

2.To her designated berth.

3.On the port quarter.

4.She was to berth starboard side to.

5.At about three knots.

6.On the starboard wing.

7.Manoeuvring control was transferred to the bridge wing unit.

8.The distance was about 100 metres.

9.In the way of her accommadation block.

10.Indentation of the bulwark plates and a 800mm long tear of the shell plating.

5. Complete the chart. Tick the person through fault of whose the collision during berthing took place.

Cause	Through whose fault
	Master	Chief Officer	Pilot	Ship staff	Deck Officers	Bridge Officers
1. Excessive speed 2. Passage plan 3. Information exchange 4. Astern movement of the main engine. 5. Using of the tug. 6. Using the anchor. 7. Using bow thruster and the Becker rudder.

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Man overboard due to improper repair to pilot ladder

While preparing to embark a sea pilot at an exposed anchorage off a north European port, a ship's crew was rigging a pilot combination ladder. During the operation, a seaman stepped on the platform at the bottom of the accommodation ladder section, and it tipped over, throwing him overboard. The OOW immediately released the man-overboard lifebuoy and marker from the bridge wing.

Though the seaman fell on the lee side, due to the prevailing 20 knot wind, sea conditions were fairly rough and cold. The seaman was without a life jacket or protective clothing except for dark coveralls but being fit and a good swimmer, managed to reach the lifebuoy.

Before the ship's staff could recover the seaman from the water, the pilot launch arrived on the scene and successfully rescued him. Remarkably, he was only wet and cold, but suffered no injury. A very lucky escape, as without a flotation aid, PPE or safety line, this incident could easily have been a fatality.

The master later admitted that the bottom platform had been recently damaged and the ship's staff had repaired it by welding an aluminium insert.

Lesson learnt

1. Appropriate PPE must be worn before commencing any task. This includes flotation aids, lifeline or fall-arrestor and thermal wear, if appropriate;

2. Aluminium welding requires special equipment, materials and skills, without which such repairs can pose a serious safety hazard.

1. Answer the questions:

1) What is the difference between pilot combination ladder and accommodation ladder?

2) Why did the seaman fall over board?

3) What preparations did the seamen fail to do before the commencement of operation?

4) What equipment is usually used for recovering a person from the water?

5) What is PPE?

2 . Define the purpose of the following aids:

1. Marker from the bridge wing -

2. PPE or safety line -

3. M.O.B buoy -

4. accommodation ladder -

5. fall-arrestor -

3. Odd-one- out :

1. embark board get release

2. escape secure rescue save

3. fall drop throw pick up

4. recover rehab restore demolish

5. admit conceal confess avow

4. Which of the factors could lead to fatality :

1. Failure to undertake safety measures

2. Improper rigging

3. Careless behavior during operations

4. Negligent repairs

5. non-compliance with technical standards

6. failure to report malfunction in due time

5. Write an incident report on behalf of the senior officer and state your opinion regarding procedures which can increase safety during such operations.

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