STS Drills

The Assessment of the provided Joint Plan of operation (JPO) as submitted from the Service Provider on the basis of OCIMF and STS Plan requirements.

The aim of this exercise is to provide the steps towards a proposed verification for determining the level of vessel?s compliance based on criteria included at latest ICS/OCIMF/SIGTTO/CDI STS guidelines edition 2013.

The Assessment of the provided certificates of the STS equipment that will be utilized for the STS operation and the assessment of the qualifications of the Mooring Master.

To become familiar with the assessment of the mooring plan of the STS operation on the basis of industry guidelines, when this is submitted by the service provider along with the joint plan of operations (JPO).

To become familiar with the proper adjustment of mooring winch brakes in order to ensure that mooring lines will be equally loaded on both participating vessels without damaging the mooring gear apparatus.

To become familiar with the assessment of Fender Selection and hose length calculation in order to be able to evaluate when those are mentioned at the joint plan of operations (JPO) as submitted by the service providers.

Fender Rigging will have to take place on the basis of ship specific data and arrangement of fender with respect to the parallel body of the vessel. Master should assess the correct position of primary and secondary fenders before and after the STS operation.

To become familiar with the Risk assessment provided by the Service Provider and revert if same fulfils the requirements of latest OCIMF guidelines with respect to the captioned STS operation.

The risk assessment delivered by the STS service provider should be assessed by the Master and hazard identification along with risk mitigating measures should provide an input to the risk assessment developed by the vessel.

Completion of checklist No. 3 should take place after an assessment that fendering is according to the JPO and industry guidelines.

To become familiar with the assessment of approaching velocity and angle.

To become familiar on the significance of elements that have to be taken into account when drafting a report after an STS incident.

Masters should be aware of the OCIMF and STS plan procedures prior to an STS operation and whether both involved vessels as well as the service provider, comply with industry guidelines.

Questions and brief case studies where it is requested from the participants to assess their knowledge on the basis of several STS related publications, accompanied with their experience.

Different sample mooring plans are submitted where Master and participating officers will have to assess and provide additional comments / remarks.

Through this STS Drill, crew proves understanding of essential aspects surrounding an effective STS incident investigation. Master should be able to evaluate the utility of the information requested by the DPA to provide efficiently his support towards identifying the causes attributable to the incident or near miss.

Case study scenario where multiple mooring lines break down. Participant should identify factors and explain all essential immediate actions required once encountering an incident like this.

Though the provided STS Drill, a series of topics are briefly presented in the form of 4 case studies. These scenarios focus on different aspects. The objective of the exercise is to briefly touch upon a wide range of scenarios that may be encountered during an STS operation

The bow tie methodology is a visual and valuable tool that seafarers use to analyze and manage risks associated with their tasks. The exercise involves filling out the missing pieces on the diagram from the dropdown list that resembles a bow tie, with the hazard in the middle and the causal factors and consequences on either side.

Through the provided information, a set of questions and brief case study are presented. It is requested from the participants to assess different topics, on their accuracy, on the basis of several STS related publications, accompanied by their experience.

Enhance Master's and senior officers' perception and ability to assess the proposed by the service provider mooring plans and ensure safety throughout mooring operations.