CHAPTER 2 THE BALLAST VOYAGE

2.0 The ballast system
2.1 SBT systems
2.1.1 SBT pollution
2.1.2 SBT operations in the discharge port
2.1.3 SBT contamination procedures
2.1.4 SBT precautions
2.1.5 SBT corrosion
2.1.6 Ballast tank icing
2.1.7 Written ballast plan
2.2 Clean ballast tank systems and procedures
2.2.1 Clean ballast systems
2.2.2 CBT operations in the discharge port
2.2.3 CBT manual
2.2.4 Management contribution to pollution-free CBT operations
2.2.5 Ballast records
2.3 Preparing for heavy-weather ballast - taking dirty ballast
2.3.1 Preparing additional tanks for heavy-weather ballast
2.3.2 Crude oil tankers without CBT or SBT
2.4 Ballasting factors
2.4.1 Stress on the hull
2.4.2 Draft and trim
2.4.3 Motions
2.4.4 Fuel consumption
2.4.5 Corrosion
2.4.6 Repairs/cleaning
2.4.7 Clean ballast
2.4.8 Ballast records
2.4.9 Efficiency
2.5 Preparations for departure
2.5.1 Sailing time
2.5.2 Crew check
2.5.3 Stowaway and contraband search
2.5.4 Testing navigation equipment
2.5.5 Embarking the pilot
2.5.6 Main deck preparations
2.6 Undocking operations
2.6.1 The Master-pilot consultation
2.6.2 Making up tugs; casting off
2.6.3 Disembarking the pilot
2.7 Voyage plan
2.7.1 Owner's voyage instructions
2.7.2 Charterer's voyage instructions
2.7.3 Safe depth
2.7.4 Separation schemes
2.7.5 Weather routing
2.7.6 Prohibited zones
2.7.7 Oceanic currents
2.7.8 Pilotage
2.7.9 Bunkers
2.7.10 Timing of arrivals
2.7.11 Publications
2.8 Voyage cargo orders
2.8.1 Does the cargo fit the ship
2.8.2 Maximum cargo orders
2.9 Tank washing plan
2.9.1 Tank preparation matrix and instructions
2.9.2 The pumpman and deck crew
2.9.3 Tank washing machines
2.9.4 Washing pressures, temperatures, and times
2.9.5 Handling machines and hoses
2.9.6 Tank coating protection
2.9.7 Washing with detergents
2.9.8 Washing bunker tanks
2.9.9 Inert gas system and vent lines
2.9.10 Steaming tanks
2.10 Tank atmospheres and static electricity
2.10.1 Controlling tank atmospheres
2.10.2 Maintaining too-lean conditions
2.10.3 Inert gas ventilation
2.10.4 Tank washing with uncontrolled atmospheres
2.10.5 Static electricity while tank washing
2.11 Stripping tank washings
2.11.1 Washing trim
2.11.2 Stripping pump operation
2.11.3 Stripping pump capacity
2.12 Slop tank operations
2.12.1 Slop tank capacity
2.12.2 Closed-cycle and open-cycle washing
2.12.3 Dirty ballast residues
2.12.4 Decanting the slop tank
2.12.5 Pumproom bilges
2.12.6 Engine room bilges
2.12.7 Slop tank heating
2.12.8 Load-on-top operations
2.12.9 Slops as bunkers
2.13 Oil discharge monitor and the oil record book
2.13.1 The oil discharge monitor
2.13.2 The oil record book
2.13.3 Oil discharge limitations
2.13.4 Special areas and prohibited zones
2.13.5 Prohibited zones
2.13.6 Oil spills en route
2.14 Loading clean ballast
2.14.1 Filling clean ballast tanks
2.14.2 Discharging dirty ballast
2.14.3 Flushing lines for ballast discharge
2.14.4 Decanting the slop tank
2.15 Tank entry cleaning and inspection
2.15.1 Tank ventilation
2.15.2 Testing tank atmospheres
2.15.3 Tank entry precautions
2.15.4 Work in tanks
2.15.5 Tank deaning/de-scaling
2.15.6 Repairs in tanks
2.15.7 Entry to non gas-free or low oxygen tanks
2.15.8 Tank rescue operations
2.16 Tank inspections
2.16.1 Tank structural inspection
2.16.2 Tank inspection checklist
2.16.3 Testing heating coils
2.16.4 Cargo and ballast piping tests
2.16.5 Tank gauge repairs
2.17 Closing and securing cargo tanks
2.18 Cleaning pumproom bilges
2.18.1 Pumproom bilge inspection
2.19 Load-on-top procedures
2.20 Preparing the loading plan
2.20.1 Loadline, leadline zones, and leadline seasor
2.20.2 Cargo allocation - draft, stress and trim
2.20.3 Separation, segregation, and compatibility
2.20.4 Loading and discharging sequence
2.20.5 Critical path loading
2.20.6 Ullage allowance
2.20.7 Written loading plan
2.20.8 Preparations for H2S cargo
2.21 Loading plan review
2.22 Shipyard ballast
2.23 Clean ballast tank ship preparations