STS drill-exercises offered now by DYNAMARINe - onlineSTS.net

The human element is a critical parameter for the safe and effective implementation of an STS Operation. During the planning phase, senior officers should have the knowledge and capacity to assess the incurred risks, on the basis of industry requirements.

DYNAMARINe offers Ship-to-Ship drill exercises designed towards verifying mariner?s preparedness. Senior officers should have the capacity to assess critical STS elements and other factors, on the basis of STS PLAN and latest OCIMF guidelines.

Currently six exercises are available as shown below:

1. Assessment of the Joint Plan of Operations.
2. Vessel compliance with industry requirements.
3. Assessment of STS equipment and POAC qualifications.
4. Fender Selection and Rigging
5. Approaching and initial contact of the manoeuvring vessel
6. Incident investigation

The exercises are prepared on a ship/fleet specific basis and may be arranged prior to an advance notice. The duration of above exercises is between 60 ? 120 minutes.?Furthermore, onlineSTS.net will retain records for the exercises completed for each participating officer, linked with his unique onlineSTS.net ID. Records are available at officers STS certificates.

The purpose of such exercises

The human element is directly associated with the level of the preparedness and the perception of hazards from senior officers involved in the planning, decision making and successful execution of an STS operation. Furthermore, the level of preparedness while reporting an incident is also important for the ship owner and such exercises provide an added value to the seafarer.

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