18.2 Cargo operations manuals
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18.2 Cargo operations manuals

  18.2.1 The ship shall be provided with copies of suitably detailed cargo system operation manuals approved by the Administration such that trained personnel can safely operate the ship with due regard to the hazards and properties of the cargoes that are permitted to be carried.

  18.2.2 The content of the manuals shall include, but not be limited to:

  • .1 overall operation of the ship from dry-dock to dry-dock, including procedures for cargo tank cooldown and warm-up, transfer (including ship-to-ship transfer), cargo sampling, gas-freeing, ballasting, tank cleaning and changing cargoes;

  • .2 cargo temperature and pressure control systems;

  • .3 cargo system limitations, including minimum temperatures (cargo system and inner hull), maximum pressures, transfer rates, filling limits and sloshing limitations;

  • .4 nitrogen and inert gas systems;

  • .5 firefighting procedures: operation and maintenance of firefighting systems and use of extinguishing agents;

  • .6 special equipment needed for the safe handling of the particular cargo;

  • .7 fixed and portable gas detection;

  • .8 control, alarm and safety systems;

  • .9 emergency shutdown systems;

  • .10 procedures to change cargo tank pressure relief valve set pressures in accordance with 8.2.8 and 4.13.2.3; and

  • .11 emergency procedures, including cargo tank relief valve isolation, single tank gas-freeing and entry and emergency ship-to-ship transfer operations.

Parent topic: Chapter 18 — Operating Requirements
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