Oil Tanker Discharge Operation

On completing this chapter you will have an understanding of:

• Who Issues a discharge order?
• How is it different from a Voyage order?
• How a discharge order can imply many operational costs and strenuous effort and watches for a ship’s entire crew over many days.
• What is the purpose of a pre arrival navigation meeting, and a pre arrival cargo operations meeting?
• What are the main features of a tanker discharge and COW plan?
• What are the typical requirements of COW check lists?
• What are the typical Pre-arrival check conducted by different crew members.